Founded in 2000 by leading journalists and scientists, Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s 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 world’s 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.
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Circle of Blue's Brett Walton interviews journalist Peter Schwartzstein on "The Heat and the Fury," his new book examining the scope and the stakes of global violence spurred by climate change.
What is the value of water? It's an age-old riddle vexed by complexity and complacency. But what is the true value of functioning freshwater ecosystems, and what's at stake without them? Stuart Orr, WWF's freshwater practice leader, speaks with Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Senior Reporter, about the provocative new report, "The High Cost of Cheap Water."
The Three Ages of Water, a new book by scientist Peter Gleick, traces the arc of society through its relationship with the most elemental of human needs.
Canadian leaders are moving to direct more resources toward protecting and managing the nation’s water. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the first step, pledging to spend $420 million Canadian dollars a year over the next decade to improve water quality in the Great Lakes. In Somalia, record-setting drought has caused the death of some 43,000 people, according to a new report from the United Nations. About half the dead were children under the age of five.
Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” - your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. On March 20, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit that could change water use patterns in the drying Colorado River basin. The Navajo Nation claims that the federal government has failed in its legal duty to ensure sufficient water for the tribe. That includes claims to water from the Colorado River, which is adjacent to the Navajo reservation. The lawsuit a...
What’s Up With Water - your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. A new report from the United Nations highlights the environmental factors that produce deadly, drug-resistant pathogens. In Australia, the government has refused to allow a pair of open-pit coal mines because of their potential to harm to local sources of fresh water and damage the Great Barrier Reef. In the United States, the largest city in Ohio is taking a low-carbon approach to protect its water supply sy...
Diplomats, business leaders, and environmental advocates have gathered in Egypt for two weeks of international climate talks. As climate change fuels extreme weather, children are bearing devastating impacts. In the United States, the iconic Mississippi River has fallen to near-record lows, and a group of Mayors in the river basin is seeking federal assistance.
Brett Walton sits down with chief correspondent Keith Schneider to discuss key findings from "Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms,” Circle of Blue’s trail-blazing report on causes, impediments, and cures for harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes region.