Mar 21, 2022 | Water security
The most precious resource beneath the earth’s surface isn’t oil or diamonds. It’s groundwater. This year, groundwater is the focus of World Water Day, observed March 22. Although we can’t see it, there is more than 1,000 times more water in the ground than all the world’s lakes and rivers combined. In the United States, groundwater provides 40% of public-use water and 39% of water used for agriculture. In desert regions, where this treasure might be hidden hundreds of meters beneath the earth’s surface, it’s often the only source of water.
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Feb 9, 2022 | Events, Project WiCCED Activities, Project WiCCED Communications, Water security
Beginning February 9, 2022. Project WiCCED will be hosting a monthly seminar series to share the work that is taking place across our institutions!
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Nov 30, 2021 | Events, Water security
Beginning October 6th, 2021, Project WiCCED will be hosting a monthly seminar series to share the work that is taking place across our institutions!
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Sep 29, 2021 | Economic Development, University of Delaware, Water security
The University of Delaware’s Spin In program, where businesses in the region connect with faculty and students to find innovative solutions for technical or other business problems, has won a five-year $509,615 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to expand its reach and impact. To learn more, click on link here.
Sep 23, 2021 | Water security
As coastal regions face increasing challenges from sea level rise, more frequent and intense storms, groundwater pollution and more, scientists and policy makers need to understand how the environment is changing and what people can do about it. Dr. Holly Michael, Project WICCED Co-Pi and Research Lead and Dr. Leah Palm-Forster, Research Lead Social Dimensions and S1: Behavior, share some of what they and colleagues have learned as part of a multi-year effort to learn how these environmental changes could affect the security of water supply, in both its quality and quantity. Click on link to view the presentation on Youtube.
Jul 6, 2021 | Water security, Wesley College
Atlantic White Cedar trees were once prominent on the East Coast of the United States. Previously known as green cypress, Atlantic White Cedar trees were such a presence in Delaware that they lent their names to roads — such as Cypress Bridge Road in Kent County — and sections of river — such as the Cypress Branch, a small tributary of the St. Jones River.
Today, however, due to a combination of natural processes and sea-level rise, as well as logging and other human activities, less than one fourth of Delaware’s Atlantic White Cedar Trees that stood in 1972 remain. In that particular stretch of the St. Jones River to which they gave their name, only two or three living Atlantic White Cedar trees still stand.
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