Category Archives: environment

Today’s Hot Topic? Bottled Water

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

On this hot, hot day, when much of the eastern United States is beset by a record-breaking heat wave, what could be more refreshing than a nice cold, fresh bottle of water? After all, that’s exactly what is recommended by … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, environment, hydrology, ranting

Urban streams with green walls

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

For large urban streams, decades of infrastructure development have often pinned the stream into a narrow corridor. There are ways that existing artificial structures can be put to work to mitigate some of the ecological impacts of urbanization.
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Categories: by Anne, environment, hydrology, paper reviews

Top Kill: what BP is trying to do

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Chris Rowan

How injecting drilling mud can hopefully stem the well leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Categories: environment, geohazards, geology

Drilling for oil is more risky than it used to be

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Chris Rowan

Our unabated demand for oil is driving drilling in places where accidents of this sort – major, hard to stem leaks – are going to be a major risk.
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Categories: environment, geohazards