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The Stream, September 14: Global Climate Spending Grows

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September 14, 2011

Global climate-protection spending totaled a record $567 billion…

From Coal Seam to Fracking, Unconventional Gas Industry Faces Opposition in Australia and South Africa

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August 23, 2011

As an energy boom, propelled by natural gas, continues to gather steam, mining and drilling companies square off with landowners around the globe over who has the right to resources that are located deep below ground.

Infographic: Wild Rice is Keystone Species for Upper Great Lakes Region

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August 5, 2011

Wild Rice is an aquatic grass that is harvested annually for…

Wild rice on the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin is in the floating leaf stage by early June, with a single shoot lying on the water’s surface. This is considered one of the most critical—and and dangerous—stages in the rice’s life cycle. The plants are just beginning to change physiologically from exchanging gases with the water column to exchanging gases with the air. Therefore, they are very susceptible to heavy rains and flooding events that can either rip out the young plants by the roots, or drown them. June 6, 2011.

Where Food Grows on Water: Environmental and Human Threats to Wisconsin’s Wild Rice

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August 4, 2011

For generations, the upper Great Lakes region has boasted harvests of wild rice, growing in Lake Superior and other watersheds within the basin. But disease, dams, and climate change are now endangering the uncultivated bounty.

Circle of Blue Director Appointed to World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security

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August 3, 2011

J. Carl Ganter is director of Circle of Blue, a global water…

Peter Gleick: When Beliefs Conflict with Facts

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July 3, 2011

Representative Jim Costa and the California Drought

The Stream, June 17: California Drought Report

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June 17, 2011

A new Pacific Institute report on California's 2007-2009 drought…

Rains Bring Relief For Six-Month China Drought, But Chronic Water Problems Loom

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June 10, 2011

Although now satiated, the dry spell is the latest in a growing trend of severe water shortages threatening China's food production, energy generation, and accelerating modernization.