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Sinopsis

Founded in 2000 by leading journalists and scientists, Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the worlds resource crises.With an intense focus on water and its relationships to food, energy, and health, Circle of Blue has created a breakthrough model of front-line reporting, data collection, design, and convening that has evolved with the worlds need to spur new methodology in science, collaboration, innovation, and response. To document emerging and recognized crises, Circle of Blue collaborates with leading scientists and data experts. Through its partnerships, Circle of Blue then dispatches top journalists to map and define the region where the change is occurring. Making connections from localized occurrences to global trends, Circle of Blue publishes these reports online free of charge to inform academics, governments, and the general public, catalyzing participation across disciplines, regions, and cultures.

Episodios

  • Pandemic Is A Double Disaster For Water Utilities Abroad

    01/06/2020 Duración: 08min

    This is an excerpt from the June 1, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode reports on how the global coronavirus pandemic is doubly disastrous to water utilities abroad. The pandemic, now in its third month, is deepening a financial crisis for water utilities in low- and middle-income countries.

  • What's Up With Water - 6.1.20

    01/06/2020 Duración: 12min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week, stories on cyberattack against Israel, low water levels on the Parana River, and global handwashing access data. Our CoB feature is on how the pandemic is threatening water utilities abroad.

  • Deadly’ Consequences If Stagnant Water in Shuttered Buildings Is Not Properly Addressed

    18/05/2020 Duración: 04min

    This is an excerpt from the May 18, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode reports on the deadly consequences of stagnant water in buildings gone dormant during Covid-19 shutdowns. The extensive closure of offices, hotels, restaurants and other commercial buildings during the coronavirus pandemic could pose a health hazard once those structures are reopened to the public. The greatest concern, say plumbing and water quality experts, is Legionnaires’ disease, a respiratory infection that is the deadliest waterborne illness in the United States.

  • What's Up With Water - May 18, 2020

    18/05/2020 Duración: 08min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week include the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the world's largest refugee settlement, a disruption to water supplies in Nairobi, and proposed rule changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also, a CoB feature on the health threats ahead in building plumbing.

  • Honolulu's Groudwater Flooding Threat

    11/05/2020 Duración: 07min

    This is an excerpt from the May 11, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode looks at a study pointing to groundwater as the biggest flooding threat to Honolulu as the seas rise. Building a wall seems like an intuitive way to protect a coastal city from rising seas. Ocean barriers date back to ancient times. But the intuitive response can be the wrong response, say experts, when the obvious threat is not the greatest threat.

  • What's Up With Water - 5.11.20 Mixdown

    10/05/2020 Duración: 11min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories for this week: dam rupture in Uzbekistan; flooding in Kenya; oil and gas states request Covid-19 aid for employing laid off fossil fuel workers for the purpose of plugging abandoned wells; a federal judge says oil and gas leases in Montana did not properly analyze groundwater impacts. And CoB story on flooding risks in Honolulu from rising groundwater.

  • What's Up With Water - 5.11.20

    10/05/2020 Duración: 11min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories for this week: dam rupture in Uzbekistan; flooding in Kenya; oil and gas states request Covid-19 aid for employing laid off fossil fuel workers for the purpose of plugging abandoned wells; a federal judge says oil and gas leases in Montana did not properly analyze groundwater impacts. And CoB story on flooding risks in Honolulu from rising groundwater.

  • U.S. Congress Negotiates Aid For Water Utilities And Customers

    07/05/2020 Duración: 06min

    This is an excerpt from the May 4, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode looks at U.S. Congressional negotiations over financial aid to water utilities and their customers during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • What's Up With Water - 5.4.20

    04/05/2020 Duración: 10min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water, from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: drought in Europe and Argentina, an encouraging rain forecast for eastern Australia, and a CoB story on water aid in Congress.

  • What's Up With Water 4.27.20

    27/04/2020 Duración: 12min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: the first Covid-19 case in a refugee camp in Lebanon, mining waste accident in China, and Las Vegas water rights case. Plus a CoB story on how the pandemic is affecting response to weather disasters.

  • Water Contamination Risk In Closed Buildings

    20/04/2020 Duración: 05min

    This is an excerpt from the April 20, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode looks at the risks of water contamination that lurk in buildings closed by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • What's Up With Water - 4.20.20

    20/04/2020 Duración: 11min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week include: Mekong flows study, Colorado River drought study, and Chile's environmental complaint against mining company BHP. Plus, a CoB exclusive on water contamination risks in idled buildings.

  • Pandemic Repercussions On U.S. Water Utilities

    13/04/2020 Duración: 05min

    This is an excerpt from the April 13, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is changing water use in the United States, and the financial repercussions for water utilities and their customers.

  • What's Up With Water - 4.13.20

    13/04/2020 Duración: 09min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: construction in US flood zones, largest dam removal project in US history gets key permit, and preparing for Covid-19 in Jordan's largest refugee camp. Plus CoB story on water utility revenues in the pandemic.

  • Virus Hunters Find Coronavirus Clues in Sewage

    06/04/2020 Duración: 06min

    Virus Hunters Find Coronavirus Clues in Sewage by Circle Of Blue

  • What's Up With Water - April 6, 2020

    05/04/2020 Duración: 12min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: sea-level rise assessment for San Francisco Bay, coal mining in metropolitan Sydney's water catchment, and brewery dispute in Mexico. Plus a CoB story on virus hunters.

  • Small Water Systems Challenged By Coronovirus

    30/03/2020 Duración: 04min

    Small Water Systems Challenged By Coronovirus by Circle Of Blue

  • What's Up With Water - March 30, 2020

    30/03/2020 Duración: 09min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. Stories this week: illegal dumping in Malaysia, the Dakota Access pipeline ruling, and a mega-project in Turkey, plus CoB story on the coronavirus and small utilities.

  • What's Up With Water - March 23, 2020

    22/03/2020 Duración: 10min

    Your "need to know" news of the world's water from Circle of Blue. This week: Cambodia's rejection of new Mekong dam, anti-water waste campaign in Kolkata, and concerns in the Middle East about the new threat to the health of refugees. Circle of Blue’s feature story looks at the potential impacts of the coronavirus in developing countries.

  • Flood Prevention in Foster City, California

    16/03/2020 Duración: 05min

    This is an excerpt from the March 16, 2020, episode of What's Up With Water. This episode looks at efforts in one California community along San Francisco Bay to control flooding and prepare for rising seas.

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