Water
Nature Water
Climate Science and the Case of the Missing Moisture
Expected air moisture is missing over drier areas worldwide, possibly because climate models undervalue the effects of plants and other life. This finding could...
Nature Water
More than Carbon Sticks
The concept that planting trees will help mitigate climate change by storing CO2 is too simplistic, ignoring the large effect that plants have on...
Nature Outlook
Smarter Ways with Water
To address an onslaught of crises, people must tune into natural ways to repair water cycles that human development has severely disrupted
Nature Water
To Solve Climate Change, We Need to Restore Our Sponge Planet
Climate strategies focus primarily on carbon, largely ignoring the destabilized water cycle that’s amplifying disasters and accelerating climate change. Slow Water projects can reverse...
NPR
Cities Are Turning Flood Water Into Freshwater
As a guest on NPR’s “Science Friday,” Erica talks about sponge cities in China and the ways in which several cities around the world...
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Slow Water in Peru
As drought grips Peru, its people are turning to nature, and ancient pre-Incan techniques to conserve water for the dry season that’s grown increasingly...
Scientific American
Sponge City Revolution
Restoring natural water flows in cities can lessen the impacts of floods and droughts.
The Guardian
As the Water Crisis Deepens, California Finally Passes Groundwater Regulation
California, the only western U.S. state without groundwater regulation, appears poised to change that. But farmers argue regulation would infringe on their property rights.
The Guardian
12 Ways Communities Will Have to Adapt to Handle Climate Change
Whatever your water crisis, whether drought or flood, these DIY solutions will help you adjust to climate change’s new reality.
The Guardian
Value from Sewage? A New Technology Cleans Up Waste Water
Clean water startup Ostara has built a new sewage treatment technology that reduces water pollution and saves money
The New York Times
Restoring Iraq’s Garden of Eden
The Guardian
Water Tech Startup Aims to Green Manure at Factory Farms
Manure from livestock farms can be environmentally damaging. A new treatment system could clean up its impact, but will that just hide deeper problems...
The Guardian
Procter & Gamble Touts ‘Win-Win’ of Cutting Phosphates in All Laundry Soaps
Global waterways, especially in developing countries, are set to benefit as the Tide manufacturer aims to cut phosphates from all its laundry soaps within...
Yale Environment 360
Water in the Bank: One Solution For Drought-Stricken California
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...
Scientific American
Do Dams Increase Water Use?
Reservoirs may promote waste by creating a false sense of water security.
bioGraphic
Hawaii’s Ancient Aquaculture Revival
In an ocean state that now imports half of its seafood, a determined group of activists is restoring the age-old aquaculture practices of Native...
The New York Times
Northern Cyprus Sees Hope in Water Pipeline
The New York Times
Private Funding Brings a Boom in Hydropower, With High Costs
Nature Outlook
The Real Cost of Energy
All energy production has environmental and societal effects. But calculating them — and pricing energy accordingly — is no easy task.
The New York Times