http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/02/a-model-lecture-on-the-importance-and-challenges-of-modeling/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/02/a-model-lecture-on-the-importance-and-challenges-of-modeling/comment-page-1/#comment-2818 Melissa Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:31:50 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8104#comment-2818 Very interesting. And great point Jeremy, if we don’t start taking care of our water resources we won’t have the quality we have no for the future. Farming more often or not is the number one source for water quality damage. Pesticides and manure that runs off causes problem. Storm water run off is a major problem too. Many cities sewage and storm water is the same pipe, so during a heavy ran it gets overloaded and the plants can’t treat the water to high quality. Pretty amazing.

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/11/02/a-model-lecture-on-the-importance-and-challenges-of-modeling/comment-page-1/#comment-2817 Jeremy Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:05:57 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8104#comment-2817 Interesting stuff. New Yorkers are very lucky to have a plentiful supply of good quality drinking water at their fingertips. But this won’t last if we don’t take care of our water resources. Though dealing with the effects of climate change on freshwater sources will be important in the future, my guess is that at present the most pressing problems are the result of “anthropogenic ecological degradation”. I’m curious to learn more about how human activities (farming, industry, etc.) are impacting our water right now and what’s being done about it.

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