Excess fertilizer that runs off farm fields can encourage algal blooms in waterways. ... read more >>

Earth's oceans may be an inconceivably vast ecosystem home to countless species yet unknown to science, but a new study reaffirms that they too are susceptible to the damaging impact of carbon emissions released by humans. According to researchers from the University of Hawaii, ocean acidity levels in some regions have spiked more quickly in the last 200 years than in the preceding 21 thousand ye ... read more >>

Climate change might hit us in the most vital place of all — the dinner plate. Why do we care about climate change? Obviously we worry about what warming temperatures might do to the geography of the planet — particularly melting polar ice and raising global sea levels. We fear the impact that climate change could have on endangered species, as warming temperatures speed the already rapid pace of ... read more >>

It is the first time Beijing has publicly revealed PM2.5 data and follows a clamor of calls by citizens on social networking sites tired of breathing in gray and yellow air. The U.S. Embassy measures PM2.5 from a device on its rooftop and releases the results, and some residents have even tested the air around their neighborhoods and posted the results online. ... read more >>

In June of 2012, Oregon State University will be hosting its first Natural Resources Leadership Academy, in Corvallis, Oregon. This is a unique opportunity to enhance leadership skills, gain knowledge and connect with others in the natural resources field. ... read more >>

You may be forgiven for thinking that the EU's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is a fairly technical subject that concerns only companies that are directly impacted by it. But you would be wrong! ... read more >>

EWRI and the World Water Council (WWC) Activities Committee welcome the input of the Institute membership regarding the goals of the WWC, the World Water Forum, and the United Nations World Water Assessment Program. At the 6th World Water Forum (March 12-18, 2012, Marseille, France), a panel discussion will be held to discuss the program's goals of setting up a global mechanism to measure, monito ... read more >>

As the price of fuel oil increases, high commodity prices will be needed. One way to mitigate this treadmill is to build on the diverse habitat created by wetlands, sediment basin, and levees, and purposefully develop an economic tourism plan to increase the recreational use of this region." ... read more >>

General Conference Topics

• Climate Change and Hydroscience
• Coastal Processes and Engineering
• Emerging Directions in Computational Hydroscience
• Hydrology, Water Resources, and Human Impacts
• Lake and River Restoration
• Remote Sensing and Field Monitoring
• Sediment Transport and Morphodynamic Processes
• Stochastic Processes in Hydroscience
• Surface and Ground Water Flows
• S ... read more >>

The year of devastating floods, freak snowstorms, forest fires and heatwaves that was 2010 has tied for the warmest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today.

The Earth's temperature was 0.62C (1.12F) above the 20th-century average of 13.9C(57F), tying 2005 for the warmest year since record-keeping began in 1880, the analysis by the National Climatic Data C ... read more >>