Water, ecosystems and human development is the leading theme of this year’s World Water Week. The annual conference on water...
Mapping your water supply
Excerpt of the ‘Ecological Design Dimension’ of Gaia Education’s online course in ‘Design for Sustainability’ Water is used by agriculture,...
Intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing
Abstract Unconventional oil and gas exploration in the United States has experienced a period of rapid growth, followed by several...
A marine phytoplankton virus affects cloud formation
Photo: the phytoplankton species Emiliana huxleyi, coming soon to a cloud near you. A species of marine phytoplankton that explodes...
Animation of Satellite Data Shows SoCal “Breathing” Water
Credit: Bryan Riel and Mark Simons Using an unprecedented number of satellite radar images, geophysicists at Caltech have tracked how...