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Geotimes
May 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Western Aquifers Under Stress Although the rate of water consumption in the United States has not increased over the past five years, according to a recently released U.S. Geological Survey report, water problems are prevalent across the country.   |
Geotimes
May 2004
Lisa Robert |
Hijacking the Rio Grande: Aquifer Mining in an Arid River Basin A major dilemma for the modern Southwest: a choice between a future driven by rampant growth or by an obligation to hydrologic reality. |
Geotimes
March 2003
Greg Peterson |
Congress confronts a depleting aquifer Approximately 30 percent of the groundwater used for irrigation in the U.S. comes from a single source: the High Plains Aquifer. In March, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed a bill that provides a scientific basis for extending the usable life of the aquifer. |
Scientific American
December 2006
Jeffrey D. Sachs |
The Challenge of Sustainable Water Water supplies around the world are already severely stressed. Population growth and global warming will only worsen those problems |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis As California withers through a third year of drought, state lawmakers have been recalled to Sacramento for a special legislative session to try and squelch a decades-in-the-making water crisis. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Megan Sever |
Agriculture Consuming World's Water Land-use managers and legislators need to consider how decisions such as growing more corn for biofuels or sequestering carbon might affect the ability to meet the water supply needs of Earth's expanding population. |
Geotimes
July 2004 |
Suppressing Science in Policy: Sharing Responsibility Recent publicity of the use of science in policy offers an opportune platform from which to reflect not only on the issues raised by politicians and UCS, but also on scientists' own role in widening the gap between science and policy. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Kenneth R. Bradbury |
A Circuitous Path: Protecting Groundwater in Wisconsin Groundwater follows a winding path -- and one much faster than previously thought -- to municipal wells in the city of Sturgeon Bay, and it may pick up contaminants along the way. |
Wired
April 21, 2008
Matthew Power |
Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry. How Three Regions Are Coping. Water has been a serious issue in the developing world for so long, but the scarcity of freshwater is no longer a problem restricted to poor countries. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Gosselin et al. |
The Complex Dakota Aquifer: Managing Groundwater in Nebraska One size (or strategy) does not fit all where Dakota groundwater management is concerned. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Natural Boron Contamination in Mediterranean Groundwater Within the past few decades, the water quality in many of the coastal aquifers along the Mediterranean Sea has rapidly degraded. |
Geotimes
March 2003 |
Geomedia Relatively few people know that groundwater pumping affects streams, lakes, wetlands and springs. Robert Glennon's book, Water Follies, sets to turn this situation around... Magnetic anomaly map of North America by the North American Magnetic Anomaly Group |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Las Vegas Tries to Prevent a Water Shortage The debate over a plan to pump water out of the Nevada desert could be the next battle in the war over the West's most vital natural resource. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Avner Vengosh |
Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater Given the continuous degradation of the quality of groundwater in many aquifers worldwide, and the increasing demand for using alternative water resources, the radioactivity factor may be more important than is realized. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Steady water use The rate of water consumption in the United States has not increased over the past five years, according to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report released last week. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Craig Schiffries |
Closing the Gap Between Water Science and Water Policy The urgent need to close the gap between water science and water policy dominated the 4th National Conference on Science Policy and the Environment, which explored science-based strategies for achieving water sustainability. |
