Water – Athens Science Observer

Double Take of Ban the Bottle: FOR

athenssciencecafe — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:01:08 +0000

This piece is part of a “Double Take”, where two parties argue on either side of a premise. A writer does not necessarily share the view they are arguing; instead, this is an exercise to fully flesh out a discussion. The premise: “Single-serve, plastic water bottles should be banned in the United States.” I am […]

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Double Take of Ban the Bottle: AGAINST

athenssciencecafe — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:00:06 +0000

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How Water Shaped the World… of Beer

athenssciencecafe — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:47:41 +0000

Walk into nearly any bottle shop and there is a plethora of different beer styles to choose from. It can truly be a daunting task to make a choice between them. Most people just give up on trying something new and stick to what they know; pale ales, IPAs, and the occasional stout or porter. […]

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Troubling the Water

athenssciencecafe — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:27:54 +0000

On August 31, 1854, an outbreak of cholera occurred along Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) in London. Over the next three days, 127 people living in the area died; the count rose to 500 a week later. Most of the nearby residents fled the area, fearing they would also be infected. Instead of fleeing with them, […]

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The Ripple Effect

athenssciencecafe — Sat, 07 May 2016 13:00:00 +0000

How do you feed the world when the world doesn’t have the water to feed itself? — Rishi R. Masalia A finalist for the 2016 University of Georgia 3 Minute Thesis competition, Rishi R. Masalia talks about global water scarcity and how his PhD dissertation can help! If you’re interested in this topic and want […]

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Food Security in the 21st Century

athenssciencecafe — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:06:58 +0000

We need to do more, faster. The food crisis is permanently harming millions of children. They need our help. This is about even more than alleviating human suffering; it is about global peace and stability. –Ban-Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, 2009 Globally, we are food insecure. Rampant food waste, coupled with climate change and unrestricted […]

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Water in the 21st Century

athenssciencecafe — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:32:39 +0000

Water holds the key to sustainable development. We need it for health, food security, and economic progress. Yet, each year brings new pressures. — Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, 2013 The distribution and availability of water are defining features of life. As populations increase and global temperatures rise due to human-induced climate change, we will see […]

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It’s All Upstream From Here

athenssciencecafe — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:00:46 +0000

We cannot talk about streams without first discussing a very important concept: the watershed [1]. A watershed, or drainage basin, is an area between ridges where precipitation collects in creeks and streams, eventually coalescing to form rivers. The way precipitation moves across land is analogous to the way water from a faucet pools in the […]

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Life Finds a Way: 4 Ways Plants Deal with Extremes in Water Availability

athenssciencecafe — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:56:01 +0000

Water availability has come up in recent news cycles as we face record droughts in the American west, depletion of aquifers in the Great Plains, and increasing flooding across the US due to climate change. When we face these issues, we turn to either technology to find a solution, or our mobility to remove or […]

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Desalination: How Far Have We Come?

athenssciencecafe — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:34:12 +0000

[Water in the 21st Century, part 2] Link 1 (IDA), Link 2 (Reverse Osmosis), Link 3 (CA desalinization), Link 4 (Desalinization energy) Rishi R. Masalia is a Ph.D graduate student in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia studying the genetics of drought resistance. He is a biologist, bioinformatician, artist, comedy gold […]

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Water Scarcity and Global Drought

athenssciencecafe — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:12:09 +0000

[Water in the 21st Century series, part 1] Link 1, Link 2, Link 3 Rishi R. Masalia is a Ph.D graduate student in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia studying the genetics of drought resistance. He is a biologist, bioinformatician, artist, comedy gold mine, smooth dance machine and all around nerd. […]

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