CORRESPONDENCE 02 December 2019 Tom Gleeson, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Contact Search for this author in: Karen Villholth, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Search for this author in: Richard Taylor, University College London, UK. Search for this author in: Debra Perrone & University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Search for this […] More
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WHERE I WORK 18 November 2019 A sediment scientist rebuilt his entire lab to model how water shapes underwater canyons. Kendall Powell Kendall Powell is a freelance writer in Boulder, Colorado. Search for this author in: Steven Yueh Jen Lai examines a small-scale submarine underwater braiding-system experiment in his lab in the Department of Hydraulic […] More
SWE enhances groundwater sustainability California recently endured a record-breaking drought after 2012 (refs. 20,21), which significantly impacted food production22, reduced hydropower generation23 and caused severe environmental issues (e.g., groundwater depletion, wildfires, tree mortality, land subsidence). As the largest agricultural producing state in the USA, California earned ~$47 billion from its agricultural sector and contributed to […] More
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Despite the moral, economic and health imperative to provide everyone with safe drinking water every day, Africa has struggled to achieve or sustain global water policy goals.1,2,3,4 As we enter the third wave of global development goals (2015–2030) following the International Decade of Drinking Water and Sanitation (1980–1990) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG, 2000–2015), […] More
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