This year the theme of World Wetlands Day will be ‘Wetlands & Tourism,’ celebrated on Thursday 2 February 2012. This will celebrate the 41st anniversary of the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Iran for the protection of wetlands worldwide. 160 countries have since signed the treaty.
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Earth’s Water Cycle Has Accelerated
Evidence that the world’s water cycle has already intensified is contained in research published in the American Journal of Climate. The change in the water cycle means arid regions have become drier and high rainfall regions wetter as atmospheric temperature increases. The study shows the surface ocean beneath rainfall-dominated regions has freshened, whereas ocean regions […]
10 Things That Will Change How You Think About Water
On the Marketplace Morning Report, we spoke to Charles Fishman, author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water. In his new book, Fishman explains that historically, humans have had a very luxurious relationship with water — how we use it, how we access it, how it’s valued — but now, […]
The Future of Water
Water on earth may be more scarce than you may think. Charles Fishman, author of “The Big Thirst,” talks about what people should do to help secure the world’s water future. Jeremy Hobson: More bad news for Texas which is in the middle of the worst drought since the 1960s. Forecasters are expecting less-than-average rainfall […]
Why Rivers Need to Flow — High and Low — Again
Don’t be surprised if the next time you head down to a river with a fishing pole you pull up a lowly carp instead of a prized native trout. Most rivers no longer flow the way they’re supposed to flow–and that’s changing the mix of fish and other organisms that call them home.
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