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Fresh Water Resources

September 15, 2017

Visualizing California’s drought

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

A new web portal puts four years of California drought data into an interactive format, showing where regions met or missed water conservation goals. The idea is to motivate awareness and conservation.

Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources
satellite image of Wadi Rum desert in Jordan
August 30, 2017

Jordan faces more frequent long and severe droughts

Woods Institute for the Environment


A new analysis of regional drought and land-use changes in Syria suggests water conditions in downstream Jordan could get significantly worse.
 

Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources
December 5, 2016

Syrian crisis altered region’s land and water resources, Stanford study finds

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Using remote sensing tools to uncover the environmental impacts of war, researchers introduce novel approaches for hard-to-reach areas.

Food and Agriculture, Fresh Water Resources
sea surface temperature map
August 15, 2016
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KPCC

Stanford Earth's Daniel Swain explains that the expected La Niña could end up being fairly weak and open up the possibility for normal rainfall in Southern California. 

Fresh Water Resources, Oceans
Coachella Valley Recharge Basin
July 22, 2016

Stanford researchers reveal cost-effective path to drought resiliency

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

California needs to better prepare for droughts. A new study highlights the costs, benefits and obstacles of a possible solution – managed aquifer recharge.

 

Fresh Water Resources
water pipe
June 29, 2016

Toward Sustainable Groundwater Management in California

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Survey of groundwater professionals points to need for standardized data monitoring and makes policy recommendations for successful implementation of historic groundwater legislation.

 

Fresh Water Resources
water from pipe
June 27, 2016
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The Sacramento Bee

A new study by Rob Jackson and Mary Kang concludes that California's Central Valley has almost three times more fresh water underground than the state estimates.

Energy, Fresh Water Resources
irrigation and oil production in Kern County
June 27, 2016

‘Water windfall’ hidden beneath California’s Central Valley

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

New research indicates that California’s Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated, but challenges to using it include pumping costs, ground subsidence and possible contamination from fracking and other oil and gas activities.

Energy, Fresh Water Resources
California landscape
June 9, 2016

Stanford researchers calculate groundwater levels from satellite data

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

A new computer algorithm that can “fill in” underground water levels in areas where quality data is not available could lead to improved models of groundwater flow in regions where pumping and aquifer depletion are a concern.

Fresh Water Resources
new fossils define the age of humans
April 5, 2016
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The Guardian

We are living in the Anthropocene age, in which human influence on the planet is so profound, it will leave its legacy for millennia. How are writers and artists responding along side scientists, politicians, and engineers?

Climate Change, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability, Oceans
Elevation sign at 8000
March 31, 2016

Rise of the 'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge': California drought patterns becoming more common

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences</p>

Atmospheric patterns resembling those that appeared during the latter half of California's ongoing multi-year drought are becoming more common.

 

Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources

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