The Western water crisis turns to an old solution: cloud seeding

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Photo: Farmland is seen on the California side of the Colorado River on September 23, 2022 near Needles, California. [Photo:…

Flint STILL Has a Water Crisis—9 Years Later

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Jordan Chariton reports from Flint on the 9th anniversary of the Flint water crisis & cover up. “My water has…

AI programs consume large volumes of scarce water

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UCR study finds that keeping servers powered & cool at cloud data processing centers has high water costs Every time…

Pacific Institute Senior Fellow and Co-Founder Dr. Peter Gleick Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Dr. Peter H. Gleick Oakland, California — April 19, 2023 — The Pacific Institute is pleased to announce Senior Fellow…

Scientists uncover the amazing way sandgrouse hold water in their feathers

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Photo: The belly feathers of the Namaqua Sandgrouse can absorb and retain water so efficiently that the male birds can…

Canada oil sands leak heightens First Nations’ calls to clean up tailings

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Photo: Demonstrators rally against Imperial Oil’s ongoing tailings pond leak, in Ottawa By Nia Williams (Reuters) - In early February,…

Upper Colorado River States Add Muscle as Decisions Loom on the Shrinking River’s Future

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Flows in the White River (pictured above) and other tributaries of the upper Colorado River have declined dramatically and contributed…

Salmon habitat restoration, abalone breeding projects recommended for funding toward a climate-ready North Coast

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Photo: Chinook salmon holding in a lower South Fork Eel River pool. (Pat Higgins/Eel River Recovery Project) MENDOCINO Co, CA,…

California snowpack data debunked: 2023 was no record year. And neither was 1952

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Photo: Clouds pass above the snow-covered Sierra Nevada mountains, with Mammoth Yosemite Airport buildings standing below, in the wake of…

Why Turning Sewage Into Tap Water Won’t Solve Our Water Woes

2 years ago

Many drought-stricken areas are eyeing "toilet-to-tap" schemes to bolster water supplies, but this risky practice distracts from the real solutions…