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Chatty book by a political scientist on chaos, black swans and the butterfly theory
9 months, 1 week ago

Chatty book by a political scientist on chaos, black swans and the butterfly theory

Hindustan Times  

With that sensational declaration, the political scientist-associate professor at University College London has our attention. This time round, he has turned his attention to chaos theory, chance and black swans, in a book inspired by his unusual personal story and his research as a social scientist. The book focuses on chaos theory, which studies unpredictable behaviour in systems including the …

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Water increasingly at the center of conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Water increasingly at the center of conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East

LA Times  

Six months ago, an explosion ripped apart Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, unleashing floods that killed 58 people, devastated the landscape along the Dnipro River and cut off water to productive farmland. “It’s very disturbing that in particular attacks on civilian water infrastructure seem to be on the rise,” said Peter Gleick, the Pacific Institute’s co-founder and senior fellow. Shimabuku said …

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Column: This water project is expensive, wasteful and ecologically damaging. Why is it being fast-tracked?
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: This water project is expensive, wasteful and ecologically damaging. Why is it being fast-tracked?

LA Times  

Cattle graze peacefully in the Sites Valley, the location of what could be California’s last surface reservoir. “It could be the nail in the coffin of the Bay-Delta ecosystem.” Sites’ promoters paint the project’s putative environmental benefits with a broad brush. The changes “moved it from a project that was catastrophic to one that is bad for the environment,” Nelson …

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Amid conflicts and climate change, U.N. puts focus on ‘deep trouble’ in water worldwide
1 year, 9 months ago

Amid conflicts and climate change, U.N. puts focus on ‘deep trouble’ in water worldwide

LA Times  

A boat that sat underwater for years was exposed in August 2022 on the drying bed of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States. “We have to really revalue water and start to manage and organize and govern it totally differently,” said Henk Ovink, the conference co-chair and the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water affairs. Ovink said …

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California’s dilemma: How do you harness an epic amount of rain in a water-scarce state? Let it flood, scientists say
1 year, 11 months ago

California’s dilemma: How do you harness an epic amount of rain in a water-scarce state? Let it flood, scientists say

CNN  

CNN — California has gone from extreme drought to extreme flooding in a matter of days. “That will allow us to capture more of these flood flows, store it underground in these aquifers, and then use those ground water resources when we need them in dry years.” Many climate experts agree – using levees to prevent floods during the wet …

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How water has been weaponised in Ukraine
2 years, 2 months ago

How water has been weaponised in Ukraine

Live Mint  

Sveta has no doubt about why the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv, a ship-building centre that is home to a half a million people, has gone without fresh water for the past six months. The Russians, Ukrainian officials say, closed the city's freshwater intakes in the adjacent Kherson province after they overran the region as part of what Putin calls …

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California could shrink water use in cities by 30% or more, study finds
2 years, 8 months ago

California could shrink water use in cities by 30% or more, study finds

LA Times  

Researchers say investing in projects to capture more stormwater and recycle more wastewater could help California boost local water supplies. “California has made real progress in recent years to reduce water use and augment local water supplies,” said Heather Cooley, the institute’s research director. As for desalination, Gleick said, the team didn’t consider it in the study because although it …

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How water shortages are brewing wars
3 years, 4 months ago

How water shortages are brewing wars

BBC  

How water shortages are brewing wars Asaad Niazi/AFP/Getty Images Drought combined with reduced river flows due to dams further upstream are starving the marshlands in Iraq's Ahwar region of water Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts. India's Northern Plains are one …

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Danticat, Groff among contributors to book ‘Small Odysseys’
3 years, 4 months ago

Danticat, Groff among contributors to book ‘Small Odysseys’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Michael Cunningham, Edwidge Danticat and Carmen Maria Machado are among the prize-winning authors contributing stories to a collection co- Algonquin Books is teaming with Symphony Space on “Small Odysseys: Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories,” which features previously unreleased work by Cunningham, Danticat and Machado, along with Lauren Groff, Dave Eggers, Elizabeth Strout, Lisa Ko and others. …

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