A comprehensive review of research into the economic consequences of controversial water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin reveals many studies are of poor quality. Better standards are needed.
Harmful Algal Blooms are increasing around the country from extreme summer temperatures and nutrient runoff. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is concerned about keeping the lake safe in a warming world.
I'm also not an expert on land use, water policy or education, but at times it sure seems like there are plenty of clean and simple solutions to these issues. Similarly, they seem mostly a matter of common sense. But, as nicely put by H.L. Mencken, “For every complex problem, there's a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has used groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than six decades.