Saturday, October 29th, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a commitment to using an integrated planning process to help local governments dealing with difficult financial conditions identify opportunities to achieve clean water by controlling and managing releases of wastewater and stormwater runoff more efficiently and cost effectively. The integrated planning process, outlined in a guidance memo to
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
National Water Information Briefings will be held in all capital cities throughout Australia during November and December 2011. The briefings will focus on the practical value and use of our water information products for people in water resources policy, planning and management. There is no charge to attend but places are limited. Read More
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Flooding situation in Accra, the capital of Ghana is increasingly becoming a ritual, my heart bleeds over deaths emanating from flooding which could have possibly be prevented. This calls for national concern and immediate re- planning of the Accra city and other flood zones. It has been noted, that among the natural hazards that do
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Only one of four large regions of the United States showed a significant relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and the size of floods over the last 100 years. This was in the southwestern region, where floods have become smaller as CO2 has increased.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Rivers and streams in the United States are releasing substantially more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than previously thought. These findings could change the way scientists model the movement of carbon between land, water, and the atmosphere. The findings were recently published in a Nature Geoscience article entitled “Significant efflux of carbon dioxide from streams
Monday, October 24th, 2011
As we prepare for a future yet unwritten, a cascade of uncertainty presents itself – the future structure of our society and economies is uncertain; the environmental changes that may result are uncertain; and how we might react or adapt to such environmental changes is also uncertain. Against the backdrop of these and many other
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Representatives from 90 United Nations Member States as well as more than 50 international and civil society organizations and private sector entities will gather in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 23 to 27 October for a series of high‑profile meetings aimed at improving the global management and coordination of geospatial information and the application of geospatial technology in
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Scientists with NASA’s Operation IceBridge airborne research campaign began the mission’s third year of surveys this week over the changing ice of Antarctica. Researchers are flying a suite of scientific instruments on two planes from a base of operations in Punta Arenas, Chile: a DC-8 operated by NASA and a Gulfstream V (G-V) operated by
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Introducing the event, Professor Michael Parkinson from John Moores University reflected that ‘we’ve had 10 great years of regeneration for many people and places but the landscape has changed.’ As the keynote speaker, Philip Cox from DCLG remarked that ‘regeneration is not dead, it’s just different’ and went on to explain how central Government’s devolution of
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
The province is conserving Nova Scotia’s wetlands through a new policy, released today, Oct. 14. “Nova Scotians have told us they want to protect our natural environment,” said Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau. “Our wetland policy ensures we are taking steps to conserve these important ecosystems in our watersheds. Wetlands provide critical habitats for fish and
