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Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature

October 17, 2017

Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature  An almond farm in California’s Central Valley is flooded in the wintertime to replenish groundwater supplies while scientists study the effects on soils, tree health, and water quality. Photo by Joe Proudman/UC Davis [This piece is an excerpt from the first […]

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Yellowstone Super Volcano: We May Have Far Less Advance Warning Time Than We Thought

October 16, 2017

Yellowstone Super Volcano: We May Have Far Less Advance Warning Time Than We Thought A new study done on ancient volcanic ash revealed that we may experience an eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano even sooner than previously warned. Scientists are also concerned that we will probably have much less advance warning time than we had […]

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National Geographic’s Guide To The Yellowstone Supervolcano

July 10, 2017

National Geographic’s Guide To The Yellowstone Supervolcano Amid a growing ‘swarm’ of over earthquakes (now over 1000), and Montana’s largest quake ever, scientists are growing increasingly concerned that the so-called ‘super-volcano’ at the heart of Yellowstone National Park could be building towards a Category 7 eruption.So what is a ‘super-volcano’ and what does its explosion […]

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As the Gold King Spill Reminds Us, We All Live Downstream

August 17, 2015

As the Gold King Spill Reminds Us, We All Live Downstream The Animas River Between Silverton and Durango, Colorado, within 24 hours of the spill from Gold King Mine. Photo credit: Riverhugger/Creative Commons. Around this time last year, I was walking the banks of the Animas River in Durango, the southwestern Colorado town blindsided last […]

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With One-Third of Largest Aquifers Highly Stressed, It’s Time to Explore and Assess the Planet’s Groundwater

July 13, 2015

With One-Third of Largest Aquifers Highly Stressed, It’s Time to Explore and Assess the Planet’s Groundwater NASA’s twin-satellite mission known as GRACE has helped scientists estimate how much water is being depleted from the world’s major aquifers, but there is great uncertainty about how much water these aquifers hold. Image courtesy of NASA. Imagine if […]

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The “Sixth Extinction” Adds Urgency to Habitat and Climate Protection

July 6, 2015

The “Sixth Extinction” Adds Urgency to Habitat and Climate Protection It’s now unequivocal: the sixth great spasm of species extinctions has begun.   We – homo sapiens – are its cause. And only we can slow it down. Over the last century, the average rate of loss of vertebrate species — fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals – […]

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