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How we can restore our water cycles. A look at rain, groundwater, the small water cycle, how we can hydrate our landscapes.

  1. FEB 2

    Insurance and supply chains-the secret levers to restore water : Stephanie Betts

    To restore water, shift to regenerative ag: to shift the world to regenerative ag, redo global supply chains https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/supply-chains-and-insurance-the-secret

    1h 16m
  2. Precipitationsheds and the socio-economics of rain: Patrick Keys

    JAN 18

    Precipitationsheds and the socio-economics of rain: Patrick Keys

    Patrick Keys, a professor at Boston University, studies the sources and sinks of rain in the moisture recycling process (aka small water cycle). He looks at how they are embedded in socio-economic systems.

    1h 14m
  3. The big groundwater crisis - food, water, pollution, and social unrest : John Cherry

    2025-11-14

    The big groundwater crisis - food, water, pollution, and social unrest : John Cherry

    John Cherry won the Stockholm Water Prize, known as the ‘Nobel’ of water, which is awarded in conjunction with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the same institution behind the Nobel Prize itself. He wrote the seminal Groundwater textbook that shaped our modern understanding of groundwater hydrology. He pioneered the field of groundwater contamination.

    1h 50m
  4. The planetary boundaries of green water : Lan Wang-Erlandsson

    2025-10-12

    The planetary boundaries of green water : Lan Wang-Erlandsson

    Lan Wang-Erlandsson is a researcher studying moisture recycling aka small water cycle. She focuses on the large-scale interactions between land, water, and climate, and their implications for social-ecological and Earth system resilience. She has conducted work on the planetary boundaries of green water, helped society understand moisture recycling as an ecosystem service, and collaborated with the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) on reports examining how moisture recycling intersects with the future of agriculture. For more info https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/planetary-tipping-points-of-green

    52 min

  5. 2025-08-24

    The Forest-Water Connection : ecologist Douglas Sheil

    Douglas Sheil is an ecologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He has worked on questions of how forests affect watersheds, how to restore and conserve forests, and also helped clarify explanations of the Biotic Pump. For more info https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/the-forest-water-connection-ecologist. You can help support this podcast by becoming a subscriber of the Climate Water Project newsletter.

    58 min

  6. 2025-08-02

    Making the map of the small water cycle : Ruud van der Ent

    Dr. van der Ent is a hydrologist who made a global map of the small water cycle, showing what percentage of the evapotranspiration turns back into rainfall on the same continent. For written article https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/making-the-map-of-the-small-water

    1h 15m

  7. 2025-06-19

    'Our Blue World' documentary : Paul O'Callaghan

    A wonderful new documentary, Our Blue World, is out, and it offers a panoramic exploration of how communities across the globe are learning to live in greater harmony with water. The film highlights a wide range of innovative and traditional practices—from China’s sponge city initiative, to New Zealand’s recognition of the Whanganui River as a legal person, to the ancient Peruvian techniques for guiding water into mountains so it reemerges as springs. It also delves into the Biosphere 2 project, where twelve people lived in a sealed dome for two years and had to rely on constructed wetlands to purify their water. The documentary further explores the shift along the Mississippi River from a levee-centered approach to one that embraces wetland restoration, as well as efforts to restore Ireland’s bogs—offering a hopeful vision of how we can reimagine our relationship with water. The film is produced by Paul O’Callaghan, directed by Ruan Magan, and narrated by Liam Neeson (the action movie actor) in his voice that oozes gravitas. For more see https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/our-blue-world-documentary-paul-ocallaghan

    1h 8m
  8. Putting rocks into rivers to lessen drought-fire-flood : Laura Norman, physical scientist

    2025-05-13

    Putting rocks into rivers to lessen drought-fire-flood : Laura Norman, physical scientist

    Laura Norman is a physical scientist with the USGS. Doing hydrological modelling of slow water. https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/putting-rocks-in-rivers-to-lessen

    1 hr
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How we can restore our water cycles. A look at rain, groundwater, the small water cycle, how we can hydrate our landscapes.

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  • Creator
    Alpha Lo
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
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  • Show Website
    Climate Water Project

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