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This article looks at a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, which details shifts in regional water availability caused by global tree restoration.
The significant gaps in the flood preparedness regime of Quebec were uncovered by the extensive flooding that inundated parts of the most crowded regions of the province in 2017 and 2019.
At a time when many municipalities are seeking to control urban stormwater by investing heavily in green infrastructure — such as water-quality ponds, infiltration basins, porous pavement and riparian plantings — a new study suggests that these expensive efforts may not have much of an impact.
Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico temperatures will likely continue to climb over the next 50 years, state geologist Nelia Dunbar said this week – a change with major consequences for regional water supplies and landscapes. Dunbar, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources director, serves on the eight-member advisory panel crafting a “leap-ahead climate analysis” for the Interstate Stream Commission of what water supplies could look like in 2070. The Chama River below Abiquiu Lake Tuesday June 22, 2021. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) “The question is no...
A warmer climate could impact nearly every aspect of New Mexico’s water and land. Dunbar listed likely impacts, including: • Decreased aquifer recharge, more common and hotter drought periods, earlier winter runoff, greater groundwater demands and stress on plant life. • Dry vegetation and catastrophic wildfires that could affect runoff and floodplain ecosystems. • Warmer streams and rivers that could mean changing oxygen levels, which can disturb fish habitat. “Likely the dominant impact on water quality going forward is going to be related to temperature increase,” Dunbar said. ...