Most members of the Watershed Hydrology lab chose to go to GSA this year, and we had a blast sharing our science and enjoying Vancouver and surrounding areas. But now we are sadly missing out on the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting going on this week. Fortunately, a small piece …
In a few minutes, I’ll be giving a cyberseminar in CUAHSI’s fantastic sustainable urban streams seminar series. You can join the seminar live at 3:30 pm, or watch a recording of it later. Either way, https://www.cuahsi.org/Posts/Entry/13551 is where you want to go to watch and listen. If you want to …
Not in northeast Ohio for tomorrow’s Water Symposium? Don’t worry! There’s lots of urban hydrology coming your way through CUAHSI’s next cyber-seminar series. It starts tomorrow afternoon and extends through December 5th. You’ll hear from four outstanding hydrologists, and then Anne will attempt to have something to add on December …
Oct. 31, 2014 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center 215 Depeyster Street, Kent, OH 44240 Tomorrow will be a day full of inter-disciplinary talks and discussion about water and cities. David Sedlak, author of Water 4.0, will be the keynote speaker, but all of …
Can you see the Clean Water Act in there? And how much newer the phrase “green infrastructure” is? “Growing up” as a geomorphologist, I learned about stream restoration much more quickly than I did about stormwater management, but the Google Ngrams show pretty clearly that we’ve been talking and writing …
As California’s drought continues and intensifies, groundwater is ever more heavily exploited. Groundwater withdrawals are happening much faster than natural recharge will ever occur, and the consequences can literally move the ground beneath your feet. This video from the USGS is a nice explainer: For more on California’s climate and …
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It’s crunch time before GSA in Vancouver next week. If you want to stop by and see what we’re up to, cheer us on, or ask difficult questions, here’s where to find us. Tuesday Kimm’s poster is #205-6 in a competition session for environmental and engineering geology (T98). She’ll be …
A week of earth system interactions, charismatic critters, and consequences of societal and inividual choices in this week’s news roundup.
From composting to ways the Earth can kill you. We’ve got a bit of everything in this week’s roundup.