December 1, 2023

NASA: Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life

NASA: Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life. “As part of the long-standing partnership between NASA and Google, NASA worked with Google Arts & Culture and artist Yiyun Kang to create an interactive digital experience around global freshwater resources titled ‘A Passage of Water.’ This immersive experience leverages data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites and new high-resolution data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to illustrate how climate change is impacting Earth’s water cycle.”

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December 1, 2023

Associated Press: Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere

Associated Press: Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere. “Three members of Congress have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how foreign hackers breached a water authority near Pittsburgh, prompting the nation’s top cyberdefense agency to warn other water and sewage-treatment utilities that they may be vulnerable.”

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November 26, 2023

CBS News: Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa hacked by Iranian-backed cyber group

CBS News: Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa hacked by Iranian-backed cyber group. “The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa said on Saturday that one of their booster stations had been hacked by an Iranian-backed cyber group. Matthew Mottes, the chairman of the board of directors for the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, confirmed to KDKA-TV that the cyber group, known as Cyber Av3ngers, took control of one of the stations. An alarm went off as soon as the hack had occurred.”

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October 28, 2023

Newswise: Bitcoin mining has “very worrying” impacts on land and water, not only carbon, UN-led study reveals

Newswise: Bitcoin mining has “very worrying” impacts on land and water, not only carbon, UN-led study reveals. “As bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have grown in market share, they’ve been criticized for their heavy carbon footprint: Cryptocurrency mining is an energy-intensive endeavor. Mining has massive water and land footprints as well, according to a new study that is the first to detail country-by-country environmental impacts of bitcoin mining.”

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October 15, 2023

Engadget: The EPA won’t force water utilities to inspect their cyber defenses

Engadget: The EPA won’t force water utilities to inspect their cyber defenses. “The EPA is withdrawing its plan to require states to assess the cybersecurity and integrity of public water system programs. While the agency says it continues to believe cybersecurity protective measures are essential for the public water industry, the decision was made after GOP-led states sued the agency for proposing the rule.”

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October 4, 2023

NASA: OpenET Launches a New API

NASA: OpenET Launches a New API. “On Tuesday, October 3, NASA Ames’ OpenET program launched an application programming interface (API) for its widely-used Data Explorer tool. OpenET is a program providing satellite-based information on evapotranspiration (ET) and agricultural water use, currently deployed across the 23 westernmost continental states. Data is provided at a scale of individual fields, or a quarter acre per pixel, and available at daily, monthly, and annual time scales.”

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September 20, 2023

California Department of Natural Resources: DWR Collaborates With UC Davis to Expand Plant Database for Landscape Community

California Department of Natural Resources: DWR Collaborates With UC Davis to Expand Plant Database for Landscape Community. “The Water Use Classification of Landscape Species database offers water use data for more than 3,500 plants and helps users find the perfect plants for their water needs. Using the Water Use Classification of Landscape Species database, users can search for plants by region, water requirement, and plant type.”

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September 19, 2023

Turning the tide: Ghana’s innovative approach to tackle marine plastic pollution with citizen science (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis: Turning the tide: Ghana’s innovative approach to tackle marine plastic pollution with citizen science. “Working with IIASA researchers, Ghana has adopted a citizen science approach to addressing the problem of plastic pollution in marine environments, becoming the first country to integrate this type of data on marine plastic litter into its official monitoring and reporting processes. A new study presents this innovative approach on Ghana’s citizen science journey and offers a pathway that can potentially be adopted in other countries.”

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September 4, 2023

The National News: From WaterTok to IceTok, how social media is bringing ice in from the cold

The National News: From WaterTok to IceTok, how social media is bringing ice in from the cold. “TikTok is awash with videos and posts about ice – showing different flavours, textures, shapes and freezing methods – with videos of people creating different moulds viewed in their millions. Starbucks made headlines in May when it announced plans to switch from cubes to nugget ice, sparking an online discourse about the merits of smaller pellet shapes over blocks and how it affects the quality of cold beverages.”

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August 25, 2023

California Institute for Water Resources: Database of Demand Management Actions Under SGMA Goes Live

California Institute for Water Resources: Database of Demand Management Actions Under SGMA Goes Live. “Demand management – policies that alter the incentives of water users in ways that encourage conservation – will be necessary to achieve groundwater sustainability under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). … We record and explain the demand management proposals made in the state’s 118 submitted [Groundwater Sustainability Plans] and make these data publicly available in a new online platform called the SGMA Demand Management Action Database.”

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August 8, 2023

University of Wisconsin Green Bay: Green Bay Estuary digital archives collection launch

University of Wisconsin Green Bay: Green Bay Estuary digital archives collection launch. “UW-Green Bay is the state lead for the designation of a Green Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). As a part of that designation process, UW-Green Bay and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources partnered to create the Green Bay Estuary Digital Archives Collection, which includes original materials related to the region’s water history, science, and cultural impact from the UW-Green Bay Archives collections. The digital collection seeks to tell the story of the Green Bay Estuary through photographs, postcards, maps, oral history interviews, and historical records.”

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August 4, 2023

University of Texas at Austin: Water-Purifying Cup Makes Drinkable Water From Creeks and Streams

University of Texas at Austin: Water-Purifying Cup Makes Drinkable Water From Creeks and Streams. “[D. Emma Fan’s] latest project is a mug-sized device that can quickly clean water using a small jolt of electricity to fish out bacterial cells. In lab experiments, the device was able to remove 99.997% of E. coli bacteria from 2- to 3-ounce samples taken from Waller Creek in Austin in approximately 20 minutes, with the capacity to do more.”

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July 13, 2023

University of California Riverside: AI creates new environmental injustices, but there’s a fix

University of California Riverside: AI creates new environmental injustices, but there’s a fix. “A recent paper by University of California, Riverside, electrical and computer engineers finds that technology companies are not doing enough to equitably distribute these growing environmental impacts. The finding mirrors calls from international organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for efforts to address AI’s environmental inequity.”

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