Water resources cover the entire range of human activities. From recreation, thirst-quenching, bathing, and crop production. It is a commodity we cannot forgo. Humans need clean water. Coral Reef Destruction The increase of carbon dioxide by 41 percent since 1990 in...
Water, the natural habitat of fish, nourishes one billion people on our planet. We might tend to shy away from this slithery nourishment, but for many, it is life. Life in a Cambodian Fishing Village We are floating on the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia, observing the...
Bathing and cleansing in wastewater—what a paradox. Unfortunately, a reality in poorer countries around the world. Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Is our worldwide water supply headed towards wastewater or clean water? It’s sad that we even have to ask or...
Vegetable patch or garbage patch? We’ll take the former anytime. But, humankind is creating the latter in our oceans, of all places. Garbage patch of plastic. Simply put, water transports more than ocean vessels—in plants and in most living creatures it carries...
The Aral Sea is just one example of water shortage and humanity’s role in wasting this prime commodity. The Aral Sea Story “Next on the menu, food from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and water from the Aral Sea, and souvenir T-shirts for everyone,”...
The hydrologic cycle continues unabated, but drying up and removing wetlands forces water to run off and accumulate where it wouldn’t usually go. Human behavior does affect the climate, and it comes back to batter us like a boomerang. Water tells the story of...