Water Resources Podcast

The Water Resources Podcast

Peter Gleick and The Three Ages of Water

Peter Gleick discusses his latest book, The Three Ages of Water: PrehistoricPast, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future.

11-14
52:09

Approaches to Adapting Water Management in Jordan

Maysoon Al-Zoubi discusses water stresses in Jordan linked to refugee influx and climate extremes with various proposed solutions.

10-31
01:09:53

Potential for Wastewater Reuse to Address Water Shortages in California

Doug Owen talks about advances in wastewater reuse over the past decades with an emphasis on potable reuse in San Diego.

10-17
01:01:07

Improving Access to Water for Tens of Millions of People in East Africa and South Asia

Rob Hope discusses REACH and Uptime programs that are designed to improve water access for the poor in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

10-03
44:34

Approaches to Sustainable Management of Global Water Resources

Brian Richter talks about his recent work on the Colorado River, global environmental flows, and sustainable water management.

09-19
54:03

Update on Groundwater Sustainability and Land Subsidence in California’s Central Valley

Claudia Faunt describes the new Central Valley Hydrologic Model (CVHM) highlighting the system response to droughts and floods and groundwater pumping and land subsidence from 1962 to 2019.

09-05
40:55

Increasing Resilience of Water Resources Management in New Zealand

Cath Moore describes airborne geophysics, physical and chemical monitoring, and modeling approaches to understand water resource challenges in New Zealand.

08-22
50:14

Locating Groundwater Wells in Refugee Camps in Eastern Chad using Near-Surface Geophysics

Paul Bauman talks about his recent trip to Eastern Chad to locate groundwater wells in new and expanding camps hosting refugees from neighboring Sudan.

08-08
47:20

Linking Water Resource Assessments and Policy to Develop Solutions in India

Veena Srinivasan talks about water resource challenges in southern India and linkages to suitable policies considering climate extremes.

07-25
49:04

Water: Casualty of War and Potential Instrument for Peace

Aaron Wolf discusses the importance of transboundary water issues globally, catastrophic impacts of recent wars on water infrastructure, and potential role of water in conflict resolution

07-11
42:38

Role of Global Food Production in Managing Water Issues in Low-income Countries

Claudia Ringler discusses the role of crop breeding, trade and other strategies for improving water management to enhance food and water security.

06-27
56:53

Role of Natural Climate Variability vs Climate Change in California

Ruby Leung discusses natural climate variability versus climate change, wildfires, atmospheric rivers, and stakeholder engagement in California.

06-13
47:01

Global Water and Nitrogen Scarcity and Role of Trade

Junguo Liu discusses global water scarcity and nitrogen scarcity and role of virtual water and nitrogen transport through commodity trade.

05-30
55:37

Advances in Modeling Storm Surge and Compound Flooding for Disaster Management

Clint Dawson discusses advances in ADCIRC modeling of storm surge over past two decades to support hindcasting and forecasting for disaster management. His most recent research focuses on compound flooding applications.

05-16
46:49

Physics-informed Machine Learning for Discovering Knowledge in Hydrology

Chaopeng Shen describes various types of machine learning with applications linked to traditional process based modeling in hydrology.

05-02
43:56

GRACE Satellites Advance Understanding of Global Hydrology

Matt Rodell describes how the GRACE satellites track changes in Terrestrial Water Storage in response to droughts, floods, and climate change.

04-18
44:50

Nature Based Solutions in Hydrology

Kate Brauman discusses nature-based solutions, their applications in hydrology in different regions globally, and comparisons with traditional engineering infrastructure.

04-04
47:08

A Hybrid Green-Gray Path to Increasing Resilience of Global Water Resources

Charlie Vorosmarty discusses mapping human water security and biodiversity threats and potential green/gray solutions that integrate nature based and traditional engineering approaches.

03-21
42:16

Use of Atmospheric River Data to Improve Water Resource Management

Marty Ralph discusses atmospheric rivers and how we can optimize them to improve water resources management within the context of droughts and floods through Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations.

03-07
47:21

Linkages between Global Water Scarcity, Food Production, and Climate Change

Lorenzo Rosa talks about green, blue, and economic water scarcity related to food production considering climate change and potential solutions to scarcity.

02-22
46:39

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