TakePart · #Energy #Environmental Justice #Food #Policy #Water
Dams, overfishing, and pollution threaten Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Southeast Asia and one of the world’s most productive fisheries.
TakePart · #Adaptation #Nature-Based Solutions #Slow Water #Water
The soft-drink giant is deploying the dam-building animals to replenish groundwater supplies.
TakePart · #Environmental Justice #Indigenous #Water
A third of tribe members lack clean water while cities thrive on rivers running through reservations. New deals are enabling them to take some of what’s theirs.
TakePart · #Biodiversity #Environmental Justice #Food #Policy #Water
Activists tracking these deals say rich countries are buying up land—93 million acres—and displacing local people and wildlife.
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
California drought underscores the need to improve how the state – and the rest of us – divvy up a resource in demand.
Conservation and recycling can reduce the need for massive municipal water infrastructure.
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.
Ensia · #Environmental Justice #Policy #Pollution #Water
As contamination worsens, an oft-ignored groundwater pollutant is drawing new attention – and solutions.
Rethink · #Climate Change #Energy #Water
Climate change, heavy-handed water management, and upstream dams are changing the Mekong Delta, pushing residents to adapt.
Ensia · #Environmental Justice #Policy #Pollution #Water
In the wake of the Flint crisis, communities turn to innovative technology and financing to prevent the next crisis.
The Atlantic · #Policy #Water
California has been the only western state without groundwater regulation – but now that looks set to change.
Scientific American · #Science #Water
Reservoirs may promote waste by creating a false sense of water security.
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.