Ergebnis für "owned" in Wissenschaft & Technik

The Man Who Thought He Owned Water is author Tershia d’Elgin’s fresh take on the gravest challenge of our time—how to support urbanization without killing ourselves in the process. The gritty story of her family’s experience with water rights on its Colorado farm provides essential background about American farms, food, and water administration in the West in the context of growing cities and climate change.

Chalk streams are among the world’s most remarkable ecosystems. They’re rare as rhinos, but much more English: 85% of the world’s supply are distributed between Dorset and East Yorkshire. Their mineral rich water is famously clear, and supports remarkable flora and fauna, including England’s oldest animal. But they are in trouble, thanks to decades of mismanagement, over-abstraction and pollution.In March 2023, a conference in Cambridge, inspired by poet and environmentalist Ted Hughes, explored the culture and crisis of these beautiful rivers, and resolved to build the most inclusive ...