This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering microplastics in bays and estuaries, microplastics in Texas rivers, and arsenic concentrations in Texas aquifers.
Category: think+water
think+water: Hydrogen and water use, elevated E. coli, and remedial oysters
This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering water requirements for hydrogen production, elevated E. coli concentrations in Texas recreational waters, and the economic value of oyster agriculture in the gulf.
think+water: Land use change on the Rio Grande, groundwater sustainability in Texas, and the Texas Water Observatory
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
think+water: A new (free!) book on freshwater inflows to bays and estuaries in Texas
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.
think+water: Water management effects on drought, natech and environmental justice, and firefighting in karst
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.