http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/02/singing-the-blues-about-water-scarcity/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/02/singing-the-blues-about-water-scarcity/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:00:42 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35378 Otis Redding sang "you don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry" in 1965 about pining for a lost love. Last week, Climate and Society founder and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist Mark Cane reprised it with a much different, more literal focus: water scarcity in the 21st century.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/02/singing-the-blues-about-water-scarcity/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/14/water-oil-and-food-%e2%80%93-a-crisis-for-saudi-arabia-and-the-world/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/14/water-oil-and-food-%e2%80%93-a-crisis-for-saudi-arabia-and-the-world/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:30:56 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17591 A water crisis is unfolding in Saudi Arabia that could have profound implications for both the Saudi people and for the rest of the world.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/14/water-oil-and-food-%e2%80%93-a-crisis-for-saudi-arabia-and-the-world/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/07/parched-for-peace-the-fertile-crescent-might-be-barren/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/07/parched-for-peace-the-fertile-crescent-might-be-barren/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:57:27 +0000 Katie Horner http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9352 This past October, the Levant Desalination Association and Nosstia, an organization of expat Syrian scientists, arranged a conference in the capital city of Damascus to discuss Syria’s water crisis.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/07/parched-for-peace-the-fertile-crescent-might-be-barren/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/03/parched-for-peace-a-slight-digression-just-for-kicks/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/03/parched-for-peace-a-slight-digression-just-for-kicks/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:38:59 +0000 Katie Horner http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9284 Yesterday, FIFA announced that the 2022 World Cup would be held in Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country ever chosen to host the tournament.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/03/parched-for-peace-a-slight-digression-just-for-kicks/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/17/water-another-crisis-for-iraq/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/17/water-another-crisis-for-iraq/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:27:23 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3176 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/17/water-another-crisis-for-iraq/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/28/the-true-cost-of-water-nyc-event-may-6/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/28/the-true-cost-of-water-nyc-event-may-6/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:22:46 +0000 Columbia Water Center http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2552 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/28/the-true-cost-of-water-nyc-event-may-6/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/06/the-dead-sea-dilemma-part-ii/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/06/the-dead-sea-dilemma-part-ii/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:27:12 +0000 Samantha Tress http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2287 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/06/the-dead-sea-dilemma-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/11/the-dead-sea-dilemma/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/11/the-dead-sea-dilemma/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:03 +0000 Samantha Tress http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1956 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/11/the-dead-sea-dilemma/feed/ 3