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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
EPA staff sampling a monitoring well
March 29, 2016

Stanford researchers show fracking's impact to drinking water sources

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

A case study of a small Wyoming town reveals that practices common in the fracking industry may have widespread impacts on drinking water resources.

Energy, Fresh Water Resources
Two residential towers
February 10, 2016

Stanford researchers develop financing framework to fund critical freshwater projects

Stanford University

Using lessons from the energy sector, Stanford researchers outline strategies to bring the nation's water infrastructure into the 21st century.

Fresh Water Resources
Dry riverbed
February 8, 2016

History of the 21st century CA drought

<p>A look at the historic 2011-2016 California drought and the work of Stanford Earth faculty and researchers to better understand its causes, implications, and mitigation.</p>
Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Rosemary Knight sitting on a beach
January 11, 2016

Freshwater Challenge: Imaging Saltwater Intrusion Along Monterey Bay

A team led by Stanford Earth groundwater expert Rosemary Knight and faculty colleague Adam Pidlisecky from the University of Calgary performed an ambitious experiment to determine the extent of ocean saltwater intrusion into freshwater aquifers in the Monterey Bay region with unprecedented resolution.
Fresh Water Resources
A woman and a boy plow a field using a horse
January 11, 2016

Freshwater vulnerability threatens developing nations' stability

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

An analysis of 119 low-income countries finds common challenges that could inform broad solutions.

 

Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Arsenic pit
December 4, 2015

Mystery of arsenic release into groundwater solved

Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Bacteria living in shallow sediment layers of permanently flooded wetlands in Asia drive arsenic release into water by feeding on freshly deposited plant material, a new study finds.

Fresh Water Resources, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Snow capped mountains and a river
November 13, 2015
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takepart

A new study coauthored by Prof. Noah Diffenbaugh and graduate students Justin Mankin and Deepti Singh finds that as greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures continue to rise, mountain snowmelt will decrease.

Climate Change, Fresh Water Resources
Water with bubbles
October 30, 2015
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San Jose Mercury News

Rosemary Knight, in collaboration with Aqua Geo Frameworks and the Tulare Irrigation District, recently used a new imaging technology to find water hidden hundreds of feet underground in California's drought-ravaged Central Valley.

Food and Agriculture, Fresh Water Resources
Child holding a bucket
October 14, 2015
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Stanford Report

A Stanford study co-authored by E-IPER alum Amy Pickering found that child growth improved when communities in the Republic of Mali, in West Africa, participated in a community-led sanitation program.

Dynamic Earth, Fresh Water Resources

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