Category: think+water

This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering quantifying land-use change in the Rio Grande Basin, using a systems approach to address groundwater sustainability with ecosystems, and observing the Brazos River Corridor’s water, energy, and carbon cycles at different spatial and time scales

This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores several chapters of a new open-access book from Springer’s “Estuaries of the World” series, focusing on environmental flows to the state’s bays and estuaries.

This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering the impacts of water management on hydrological drought characteristics across seven major rivers in Texas, the climate justice implications of natech disasters during major hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast, and best management practices to prevent contamination of karstic aquifers from emergency fire-control runoff.

This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering the use of stormwater to dilute treated wastewater as an alternative to advanced filtration and brine concentrate disposal, the connection between rainfall events and hospital admissions for gastrointestinal illness, and a review of environmental justice and sustainability issues in Texas water.

This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications on the topics of examining differences in the hydration state of riparian pecan trees between rural and urban settings, determining water velocity recommendations based on the swimming performance of four species of greatest conservation need under varying temperatures, and exploring the effects of biochar on soil water dynamics.