by faster | May 8, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: New Scientist and Nature DATE: May 8, 2019 SNIP: Nearly two thirds of the world’s longest rivers have had their flow tampered by humans in the form of dams, reservoirs and other forms of water engineering. A boom in hydropower is partly to blame, suggesting we...
by faster | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Scripps Institution of Oceanography DATE: March 13, 2019 SNIP: Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and UC Riverside found that inland river dams can have highly destructive effects on the stability and productivity of coastline...
by faster | Feb 16, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: VOA News DATE: February 16, 2019 SNIP: Nearly the entire Mekong Delta in Vietnam — an area that helps feed about 200 million people — will sink underwater by the year 2100 at current rates, a new study predicts. The delta, which is home to almost 18 million...
by faster | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: December 21, 2018 SNIP: During the darkest days of the drought that has gripped the western U.S. since the early 2000s, fires raged and crops withered. Dust storms rolled across plains and valleys. And rivers shriveled from north to...
by faster | May 24, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: DW DATE: May 24, 2018 SNIP: The Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania is one of the last major expanses of wilderness in Africa. It’s a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site about the size of Switzerland, and home to elephants, lions, giraffes, cheetahs and...
