Tag: water
July 16, 2020
Divining Monsoon Rainfall Months in Advance with Satellites and Simulations
Researchers affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin have developed a strategy that more accurately predicts seasonal rainfall over the Asian monsoon region and…
Read MoreJuly 8, 2020
Texas Needs to Start Preparing for Possibility of 10-Year Megadroughts
Texans need to prepare for a near future that is hotter, drier and fraught with more water extremes, according to scientists. But preparation isn’t a…
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2020
Water Reuse Could Be Key for Future of Hydraulic Fracturing
Enough water will come from the ground as a byproduct of oil production from unconventional reservoirs during the coming decades to theoretically counter the need…
Read MoreMay 13, 2019
Storm Water Banking Could Help Texas Manage Floods and Droughts
Massive, destructive floods such as those caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 are a stark reality in Texas, but so are prolonged ground-cracking droughts. In…
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2019
Sharp Bends Make Rivers Wander
Left to their own devices and given enough time, rivers wander, eroding their banks and leaving their old channels behind. It’s a behavior that engineers…
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2018
Research Finds Discrepancies Between Satellite and Global Model Estimates of Land Water Storage
Research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that calculations of water storage in many river basins from commonly used global computer…
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2017
Study Quantifies Potential for Water Reuse in Permian Basin Oil Production
Hydraulic fracturing often brings up large volumes of water that need to be managed. A study led by The University of Texas at Austin has…
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2016
Bridget Scanlon Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Bridget Scanlon, a hydrologist and senior research scientist at the University of Texas’ Bureau of Economic Geology, has been elected a member of the National Academy…
Read MoreDecember 15, 2015
Nature Controls Colorado River Outlook
The Colorado River Basin’s water supply is mainly affected by wet and dry weather cycles, not changes in human use, according to a study led by…
Read MoreDecember 10, 2015
Nature, Not Humans, Has Greater Influence on Water in the Colorado River Basin
Researchers have found that the water supply of the Colorado River basin, one of the most important sources for water in the southwestern United States,…
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