http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu 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. Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-a-drop-to-drink/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-a-drop-to-drink/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:25 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24317 It is a unique challenge of our generation that many in the developing world have cellular phones and TVs, but lack reliable access to water. Odd, perhaps, given that water is marketed as essential for life, a human right, and heart rending pictures of women and children walking miles to fetch water are routinely flashed to tug at everyone’s heart strings.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-a-drop-to-drink/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/global-population-growth-and-water-scarcity-qa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/global-population-growth-and-water-scarcity-qa/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:40:37 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5226 Russell Sticklor with the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program in Washington, DC. recently contacted me requesting my thoughts on a number of issues for an article he is writing on global population growth and water scarcity for the magazine, Outdoor America. I thought some of the comments might be interesting to our blog readers. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/global-population-growth-and-water-scarcity-qa/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/himalayan-glacier-melt-the-real-problem/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/himalayan-glacier-melt-the-real-problem/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:33:39 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3049 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/himalayan-glacier-melt-the-real-problem/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/14/water-problems-no-prediction-needed/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/14/water-problems-no-prediction-needed/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:38:39 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=953 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/12/14/water-problems-no-prediction-needed/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/27/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-3/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/27/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-3/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:04:46 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1446 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/27/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-3/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/20/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-1-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/20/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-1-2/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:42:10 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1429 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/20/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-1-2/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/13/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-1/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/13/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-1/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:16:11 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1329 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/13/punjab-less-water-more-money-part-1/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/28/punjab-a-tale-of-prosperity-and-decline/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/28/punjab-a-tale-of-prosperity-and-decline/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:52:09 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1005 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/28/punjab-a-tale-of-prosperity-and-decline/feed/ 4