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Mississippi Delta Could Vanish Soon, Scientists Warn
January 12th, 2025
Via Newsweek, an alarming report on the rapid deterioration of the Mississippi Delta because of rising sea levels: The Mississippi River’s Bird’s Foot Delta, a vital ecological and economic region, faces rapid deterioration because of rising sea levels, sediment shortages and invasive species. Louisiana State University (LSU) and Tulane researchers, backed by a $22 million federal […]
Read more »To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa
January 11th, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, an article on new research which found that alfalfa uses the vast majority of agricultural water that would otherwise replenish the largest saline lake in the nation: The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and new research published Tuesday reports that saving it requires reducing the amount of farmland that is irrigated […]
Read more »Saving the Great Salt Lake by Rebalancing Its Water Budget
January 9th, 2025
Via Sustainable Waters, commentary on a new approach to save Great Salt Lake: In recent years I’ve had the great fortune to be able to work with some amazing teams of researchers to explore the causes of water scarcity across many geographies, including the Colorado River, the Rio Grande, the Western US, and around the globe. Importantly, we’ve gone […]
Read more »Hay Is Sucking Great Salt Lake Dry
January 7th, 2025
Via The Land Desk, a look at a new study which finds that cattle-feed irrigation is primary culprits in the Great Salt Lake’s shrinkage Detail from an 1852 map of the Great Salt Lake by J.W. Gunnison and Charles Preuss. As we traveled, the valley spread into an uncanny immensity unlike the other landscapes we […]
Read more »U.S. Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems
January 7th, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, a report on the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes on the U.S.-Mexico border: From one end of the U.S.-Mexico border to the other, water and wastewater infrastructure are perennial problems. In the Rio Grande Valley, farmers are running out […]
Read more »Trump: ‘Large Faucet’ Can Divert Canadian Water To California
January 3rd, 2025
Via the Canadian Press, commentary on President Trump’s September claim that a ‘large faucet’ can divert Canadian water to California: Former American president and current Republican nominee Donald Trump was asked earlier this month by a news reporter what he would do to help alleviate California’s natural disasters and other water woes. Trump responded saying […]
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