http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/22/the-boom-of-hydraulic-fracturing/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/22/the-boom-of-hydraulic-fracturing/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:51:19 +0000 Cassie Xu http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36913 Experts discuss the rise and boom of unconventional hydrocarbon extraction in the final Sustainable Development Seminar Series of the 2012-2013 academic year.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/22/the-boom-of-hydraulic-fracturing/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:13 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36852 A new report by the Columbia Water Center, produced with Veolia Water and Growing Blue, could help expose the real nature of water risk--even in places that most people think of as having plenty of water.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:24:02 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35273 “This is a mess, and it is a mess that we have not attended to yet,” Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs said at a conference on water security held today at Columbia University. “Humanity is the driver, but we don’t have our hands on the steering wheel very much.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/15/extreme-weather-adds-up-to-troubling-future/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/15/extreme-weather-adds-up-to-troubling-future/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:32:41 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34108 Extreme weather and climate-related events already have cost the United States billions of dollars. A recent symposium focused on what we know about the causes and how changing climate affects agriculture, water supplies, wildlife and our economy.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/15/extreme-weather-adds-up-to-troubling-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/09/putting-the-focus-on-a-thirsty-world/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/09/putting-the-focus-on-a-thirsty-world/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:12:07 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32098 The water documentary “A Thirsty World” combines French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s aerial photography with down-to-earth messages, a mélange that calls attention to problems of water security on a global scale.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/09/putting-the-focus-on-a-thirsty-world/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/watering-the-worlds-crops-drop-by-drop/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/watering-the-worlds-crops-drop-by-drop/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:35:22 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31390 Dr. Daniel Hillel was recently honored with the World Food Prize for his pioneering work in sustainable agriculture.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/watering-the-worlds-crops-drop-by-drop/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/to-comilla-and-back/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/to-comilla-and-back/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:35:34 +0000 Mike Steckler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31363 I've just arrived back in Bangladesh with an engineer to install 6 new GPS stations to add to our studies of earthquake hazards and land subsidence. Our first stop was Comilla University, the westernmost exposed fold of the collision between the Ganges-Bramaputra Delta and the Sumatra-Andaman-Burma plat boundary.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/18/to-comilla-and-back/feed/ 0 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/2012/03/21/hydraulic-fracturing-and-food-security-can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-too/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/21/hydraulic-fracturing-and-food-security-can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-too/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:27:13 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24364 What are the implications of hydraulic fracturing on agriculture and food security? In agricultural areas with widespread, ongoing hydrofracking, there have been incidences of livestock poisoning from contaminated surface water sources or grasses, and soil contamination from explosions, spills, flares, irresponsible fracking-wastewater treatment, and leaky gas pipes. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/21/hydraulic-fracturing-and-food-security-can-we-have-our-cake-and-eat-it-too/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/19/water-and-food-facts-for-world-water-day/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/19/water-and-food-facts-for-world-water-day/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:37:33 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24165 March 22 is World Water Day, and its theme this year—water and food security—couldn’t be more pressing. But what do we really know about water—where it goes, what it’s used for, and how to preserve it? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/19/water-and-food-facts-for-world-water-day/feed/ 0