This month we explore academic publications on the topics of analyzing the relationship between bacterial pollution and sea level rise in the Gulf of Mexico, attributing human-induced changes in the magnitude of flooding in Houston during Hurricane Harvey, and building a replica of early Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s raft from his expedition to North America in 1528.
Category: think+water
think+water: Groundwater Sustainability in Groundwater Management Plans, What Texans Think About Climate Change, and Primacy in Reporting Toxic Releases
This month we explore academic publications on the topics of reviewing the effectiveness of groundwater management plans in the U.S., exploring results from a nationwide survey about Americans perspective on climate change, and examining the impact of the federal government delegating environmental policies to state agencies.
think+water: Groundwater Words, Environmental Flows on the Red River, and Wichita Falls’ Excellent Adventure with DPR and IPR
This month we explore academic publications on the topics of investigating how verbal articulations intersect with resource use and action, examining the hurdles of implementing environmental flows policies, and exploring how the City of Wichita Falls became a water reuse pioneer.
think+water: The Sociodynamics of Citizen Science, Surface Water in Texas, and Climate Change Impacts on Water in Semi-Arid Texas
This month we explore academic publications on the topics of motivations for citizen science program participation, an overview of Texas’ water availability models, and using probabilistic models to assess the relative risk that climate change poses to watershed-scale water resources.
think+water: Testing TERS, Sea-Surface Oscillations and Texas, and the Future of Science in America
This month we explore academic publications on the topics of the economics of recoverability for agricultural users in the Carrizo-Wilcox, the sensitivity of extreme precipitation in Texas to climatic cycles and a review of the modern research architecture that fuels U.S. innovation needs.