Zack Colman

Oct 17 , 2012

The federal government must better monitor the nation's water supply as expanded domestic energy production threatens to further strain water resources, warns a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Tuesday.

Alister Doyle

Sep 10 , 2012

KELLY SLIVKA

August 15, 2012

Scores on the Ocean Health Index ranged from 36 (Sierra Leone, in West Africa) to 86 (Jarvis Island in the Pacific).

Robert Bowen

AP reported today that thousands of fish died just last week in the Midwestern United States because the heat wave made the rivers too hot. At the same time a leading scientist said statistical analysis confirms the blistering heat is a result of climate change.

Chris Wickham

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands.

Figure 1: The most important spatial pattern (the first element of the principal components analysis; top) Severity Index of the Palmer drought (PDSI) monthly from 1900 to 2002. The PDSI is a major indicator of drought measures the cumulative deficit (relative to local average) moisture to the land surface, by integrating previous precipitation and estimates of increased moisture in the atmosphere (based on atmospheric temperatures) in an accounting system hydrologique.13 The bottom graph shows the evolution of the sign and intensity of this configuration since 1900.

This image gives the reader some basic information about Engineers Without Borders, an organization with active chapters all over the world. EWB employs engineers to design and implement sustainable projects in developing countries. There are chapters at both the university and professional levels.

This image gives the reader some basic information about Future Generations, a human-centered international development organization working to alleviate global poverty.

This picture gives the reader some basic information about two organizations working to ensure global environmental sustainability.

This graph charts global progress in providing access to drinking water and access to sanitation. The Millennium Development Goal numbers are plotted at the end of the graph for comparison of actual progress versus the UN's plan.