April 22, 2017 In a report, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates there are 304 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Bossier and Haynesville formations of the U.S. Gulf Coast. If true, this would increase production of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the ongoing … Continue reading
Category Archives: Environment
Under the Dead Sea, Warnings of Dire Drought -2017
A study from Columbia University/Earth Institute Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory revealed that the Middle East has experienced devastating droughts when the earth went through hotter periods 120,000 and 10,000 years ago. The data suggest this time around it may be worse due to a high demand for fresh water from a … Continue reading
Ogallala Drying Up
Dramatic article describing in great detail how the Ogallala Aquifer beneath eight (8) states in the Great Plains, the breadbasket of the United States and a good portion of the world, is being depleted at an astonishing rate. It’s fossil water 10 million years old, and rain does not recharge it. … Continue reading
Depletion of Aquifers
A study found in the Geophysical Research Letters of the Colorado River Basin that serves 40 million people in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, California, New Mexico and Nevada shows that the 14-year drought across the western United States has sapped underground water on a much larger scale than previously believed. … Continue reading
Colorado River Study -2012
Landmark 2012 study (in English, .pdf file) prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation detailing the alarming condition of the Colorado River. The unrelenting drought, which began in 1999, declining precipitation due to global warming, and increasing demand will inevitably result in a chronic shortfall. In an effort to offset … Continue reading
California Drought Photos 2013-2014
Global warming at work Before and after photos taken at Lake Oroville, CA on 07/20/2011 and 08/19/2014.
California Drought Report -2014
Comprehensive report (in English, .pdf file) prepared by the University of California at Davis detailing the economic loss to the State of California due a pervasive drought that has caused the greatest ever net loss of water.
U.S. Water-Energy Nexus Report -2014
Water-Energy Nexus report issued by the U.S. Department of Energy, June 2014. Lengthy .pdf document in English, may take a few minutes to load.