Scientific American · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
New tactics for capturing floods and surviving droughts could help communities across California and the world.
Scientific American · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
Restoring natural water flows in cities can lessen the impacts of floods and droughts.
Nature · #Adaptation #Climate Change #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water
Rising seas threaten the San Francisco Bay Area, home to one of the largest estuaries in North America. But marsh-restoration efforts could hold back the high water.
Yale Environment 360 · #Groundwater #Slow Water #Water
A potential answer to California’s severe water shortages is groundwater banking, which involves creating incentives for municipalities, farmers, and other water users to percolate water down into sub-surface aquifers for later use.
Scientific American · #Adaptation #Climate Change #Slow Water
Researchers have finally been able to pinpoint just how much impervious surfaces exacerbate flood levels
TakePart · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
The soft-drink giant is deploying the dam-building animals to replenish groundwater supplies.
TakePart · #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
With climate models predicting precipitation extremes in some of the world’s most ecologically and politically sensitive areas, scientists and engineers are coming up with creative solutions.
Ensia · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
Groundwater recharge is the latest wave in water security – though challenges remain.
Ensia · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
Solutions to floods, droughts, and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense.
Ensia · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
From Houston to Melbourne, the surprising way urban areas are dealing with water woes
Ensia · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
With climate change bringing more intense storms, urban areas are looking for better ways to manage runoff.
Scientific American · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
Recovering “ghost creeks” from past landscapes can help protect the city’s
future amid climate chaos.