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Dam Removal Revitalizes Salmon In Win For Native Tribes

December 13, 2024 admin Agriculture, clean power, dam removal, dams, hydroelectric, klamath river, policy & politics, usfws, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:45:14 +0000

If you read One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest years ago, you may recall how Chief Bromden’s psychosis originated with the loss of his people’s fishing habitat due to the construction of a monstrous dam. Ken Kesey brought the loss of annual fish runs of the Columbia River, estimated at … [continued]

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Water Infrastructure, Disasters, Water Scarcity & Security, Potable Water, & Conflict — “We Love Our Children, Don’t We?”

December 6, 2024 admin asheville, climate change, hurricane helene, hurricanes, Water, water scarcity, water security, water shortages, water stress

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:50:21 +0000

Water-related disasters currently make up over 90% of all disasters on Earth, with record-breaking floods and droughts making headlines around the world. Over the past ten years, the number of fatalities from these catastrophes has doubled. Climate change, warming surface water temperatures, and more aggressive hurricanes making their way up … [continued]

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US DOE: Recovering High Energy-Value Materials from Wastewater

November 29, 2024 admin arpa-e, cobalt, lithium, policy & politics, rare earth minerals, rare-earth metals, us department of energy (doe), Wastewater, Water

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:40:54 +0000

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has been stimulating, funding, and supporting early-stage energy technologies and companies for several years now, since it was formed in 2009 under the Obama administration. From cutting-edge batteries to next-gen solar, ARPA-E aims to be ahead of the curve … [continued]

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The Earth Is Tilting Because of Humans

November 29, 2024 admin climate change, groundwater, sea level rise, Water

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 03:59:36 +0000

This is a wild one. And it’s not even about climate change this time. Apparently, humans are pumping so much groundwater out of the Earth that it’s making our planet tilt more. So far, from this activity, the Earth has tilted 31½ inches. While I said this wasn’t caused by … [continued]

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Undersea Pods Deployed For Energy Efficient Desalination

November 26, 2024 admin California, clean power, desalination, desalination plants, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, oceanwell, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, seawater, usa, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:49:59 +0000

The US startup OceanWell is developing undersea “water farms” that leverage water pressure to operate an energy efficient desalination system.

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How Networks Of Ocean Sensors Can Improve Marine Weather Predictability

November 15, 2024 admin climate change, data analytics, Extreme weather, NOAA, Shipping, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:44 +0000

What difference would it make to be able to unlock ocean data at scale? How would deploying hundreds of marine sensing platforms improve marine weather predictability and accuracy? A company named Sofar is answering some of those questions these days due to their capacity to use real-time data to improve … [continued]

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