
Continuing the Survey: Watermelon and Winds
Continuing our electromagnetic survey of fresh and saline groundwater, we saw the landscape change from lush watermelon fields to fallow rice fields as the salinity increased towards the sea.
Continuing our electromagnetic survey of fresh and saline groundwater, we saw the landscape change from lush watermelon fields to fallow rice fields as the salinity increased towards the sea.
She’s the founder of a company that devises water management solutions in India, and a student in Columbia’s Sustainability Management program.
We are continuing our measurements of fresh and saline groundwater in Bangladesh using electromagnetic instruments. We finished our first set of measurements and have now shifted farther east near Barisal where groundwater is fresher.
We continued our electromagnetic expedition to image fresh and saline groundwater into the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, the world’s largest. While guards protected us from tigers, it was a wild boar that dug up some of our equipment.
A preview of Barnard College’s World Water Day events
I am back in Bangladesh to explore the distribution of fresh and saline groundwater in the coastal zone, needed for drinking in the dry season.
Fires may increase stream flow for years after sweeping the surface, and temporarily increase downstream water supplies. But they may also increase the risks of landslides and floods in affected areas.
A new study further cements how global warming, by drying soils, is raising the odds of megadrought conditions across a swath of the western United States.
This U.N.-designated day aims to accelerate gender equity and improve access to and participation in science for women and girls.
The engineer and environmental health researcher studies the intersections of gender, water, sanitation, and hygiene.