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Shubhi Kesarwani: Studying Sustainability Management to Advance Water Solutions in India
She’s the founder of a company that devises water management solutions in India, and a student in Columbia’s Sustainability Management program.
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Barisal and the Eastern Channel
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.
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Deploying in the Mangrove Forest
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.
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The Shape of Water: Engaging Budding Scientists to Explore the Deep
A preview of Barnard College’s World Water Day events
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Sailing Around the Bangladesh Coastal Zone
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.
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Forest Fires Increasingly Affecting Western Rivers and Streams, for Better and Worse
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.
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How a Two-century Megadrought Gap Set Up the West for Its Water and Climate Crisis
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.
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Celebrating the 2022 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
This U.N.-designated day aims to accelerate gender equity and improve access to and participation in science for women and girls.
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Shannon Márquez: Empowering Women and Girls Through Access to Water and Sanitation
The engineer and environmental health researcher studies the intersections of gender, water, sanitation, and hygiene.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
