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February 17, 2015 Molly E. Greer

A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Water: The high price of cheap (Marketplace) – a collection of articles concerning all aspects of water, highlighted by a water-use calculator. Governments Will Forge First Treaty Protecting Global Oceans (Environment News Service) – delegates to the United Nations have [...]

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February 11, 2015 Molly E. Greer

A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… The countries most vulnerable to climate change, in 3 maps (The Washington Post) – maps assembled by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index indicate the vulnerability of countries to climate change, and how ready they are to adapt to the change. [...]

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February 2, 2015 Molly E. Greer

A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Scientists, General Public Have Divergent Views of Science, Report Says (NPR) – Discusses and links to a new Pew Center report sharing results from a U.S. survey (see below). Public and Scientists’ Views on Science and Society (Pew Research [...]

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January 26, 2015 Molly E. Greer

A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Tweet me a river (Living Circular) – details a project in which gauged rivers in the U.K. are given their own twitter account, providing updates about river conditions several times a day. Broken Landscape: Confronting India’s Water-Energy [...]

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January 20, 2015 Molly E. Greer

A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… China’s Water Problems Are Even Worse Than You Think: Report (Wall Street Journal China Real Time Blog)- details a recent study published in PNAS describing deepening water crisis with continued development with mention of the South-North water transfer project, [...]

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January 12, 2015 Amanda Repella

A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Uzbekistan to allocate $3B to mitigate consequences of Aral Sea disaster (Trend News Agency) – describes how funds will be used for projects between 2015-2018. New irrigation scheme to link villages to water sources (The Economic Times [...]

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January 5, 2015 Amanda Repella

A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week… The rising pressure of global water shortages (Nature) – a commentary by Jan Eliasson discussing the role of hydro-diplomacy to address current and future water challenges stemming from population pressure on water demand. ‘Poor plan’ desal plant can’t close (Sky News) [...]

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December 29, 2014 Amanda Repella

A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week… New Data Predicts Fiercer Floods In Brahmaputra, Indus (IndiaSpend.com) – Discusses a recent paper from Nature produced by ICIMOD and Utrecht University researchers. Parliamentary Panel shocked over absence of Flood Forecasting sites of CWC (The Economic Times) Is this an example [...]

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December 22, 2014 Amanda Repella

A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week… The answer on human-caused climate change is in (The Sacromento Bee) When you ask the right questions, the answer isn’t surprising. Here, Peter Gleick discusses this in the context of the ongoing California (U.S.) drought. What did the Romans ever do [...]

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December 15, 2014 Amanda Repella

A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week… Transforming lion killers into ‘Lion Guardians’ (CNN) This article highlights an approach for species conservation that acknowledges the interests, values and culture of communities impacted by predators to proactively protect and support both human communities and lions — an example of [...]

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