Articles about irrigation

Raising Sea Levels: No Magic Required – Just Human Intervention

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Tony Simeone

It seems that there has been increasingly more news about polar ice and the contribution that this melting ice will have on rising sea levels. There are many vivid, photographs and videos that show the acceleration of massive chucks of … Continue reading →

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Australia: Digging Deep to Study/Understand Human Impact

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Tony Simeone

The image to the right is called The Great Artesian Basin (GAB). It is an underground aquifer covering nearly 25 per cent of Australia. “Although Australia is one of the driest countries in the world, its groundwater has been “neglected, … Continue reading →

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Like the Aral Sea, the Death of Oroumieh Lake in Iran

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Tony Simeone

  A recent article again raises attention to the impact of human actions on both land and water. I was surprised to see that posts I have written about some of the world’s lakes under assault have generated such high … Continue reading →

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