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Cruising up the Brahmaputra
Rejoining the ship, we sailed up the Padma and Jamuna (Brahmaputra) Rivers. Hurrying to our primary area with the help of pilots, we finally collected good seismic data.
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Excursion to Dhaka
Finishing up in the muddy rivers of NE Bangladesh, we headed downstream to switch to the mighty Brahmaputra River system. However, on the way down I had to jump ship to go into traffic-clogged Dhaka for some meetings before rejoining her on the Padma, the name of the combined Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers.
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To Meghalaya and back
From our return to Jamalganj, we headed east searching for a river to carry us up to the Indian border across the Dauki Fault. Along the way, we celebrated Steve Goodbred’s birthday. However, even the biggest of the rivers proved too shallow for our boat. We switched to the
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Return to Jamalganj
We have been sailing along collecting data, but so far the data quality is poor due to shallow gas in the sediments. We thought we might have some problems with gas, but the problem is more widespread than we expected. We are now out of the inland summer lake where we met the boat and…
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Bottled Water – Big Business in Indonesia
The movement to challenge the bottled water industry has come a pretty long way in countries like the USA, Australia and Canada. Public education campaigns by organizations like the Council of Canadians, Pacific Institute and Corporate Accountability International, have debunked the myth that bottled water is necessarily cleaner or healthier than tap water, and emphasized…
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Tree Rings, Ecology and Culture in Mongolia
“How do you know when you are in wilderness? When you have walked beyond where most people walk, when you have left the road … when the easiest route to walk is not a path tread by people but rather the path tread by wolves, moose and deer.”
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Water-Saving Project in Punjab, India Reaches Out to Farmers Through Cooperatives
After working with over 500 farmers last year to conduct a field experiment on the use of tensiometers to reduce irrigation in rice fields, this year they will be working with about 5,000. As part of this expansion, our program partners at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) are working with Cooperative Societies, a network of…
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Attack of the Warzone Water Bottles
Using bottled water in war zones uses oil and pollutes the environment. But Defense officials are looking to move toward sustainability.
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Post bin Laden, Working Toward Afghanistan’s Water Security
Osama bin Laden is history, but decades of war and civil strife pose challenges to Afghanistan’s water infrastructure.
