Category: 2018

Particularly, Moore said, they wanted to improve the modeling of fluxes or flow of water vapor and carbon dioxide to and from tropical forests with a particular focus on transitions between wet and dry canopy conditions. Having a better understanding of the climate processes in the tropics is important, Miller said, because weather and other…

The Meadows Center, part of Texas State University, focuses on developing and promoting programs and techniques dedicated to ensuring sustainable water resources for human needs, ecosystem health and economic development, according to its website. “This position seemed rather perfect for me because I had worked at a state agency with a lot of interaction with…

For long distance travel from Earth to be possible, NASA requires a water recycling process that recovers 99 percent of the wastewater. Currently at the International Space Station, wastewater is recycled at a rate of roughly 90 percent. After repeated recycling, less and less water would remain, at which point new water would need to…

Scientists from the Republic of Korea’s National Institute of Agricultural Sciences approached Dr. Jaehak Jeong, research scientist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Temple, several years ago to help with determining the amount of nonpoint source pollution from the rice paddies for the entire country. “The South Korean scientists had been conducting a lot…

Together, the partners of ILSSI are working to help farmers by improving the use of scarce water supplies through innovations in small-scale irrigation. The innovation lab is creating research-based evidence that will contribute to increased food production, improved nutrition, accelerated economic development and environmental protection. The need for irrigation Many parts of sub-Saharan Africa only…

Munster said 2018 will be the 14th summer the department has taken undergraduate students to Belgium for this program. On average, 20 students go on the trip, but this year 30 have signed up, making it the largest group to date. Based in Leuven, Belgium, the students take two classes, one in hydrology and one…

A new report published by the Texas A&M University School of Law’s Program in Natural Resources Systems outlines the multiple groundwater governance frameworks that cover the transboundary aquifers along the Texas-Mexico border. “Survey of legal mechanisms relating to groundwater along the Texas-Mexico border,” authored by Jessica Foster, a recent graduate of the School of Law, examines, catalogs…

“The task force’s purpose is not so much to do a specific action,” said TWRI Director Dr. John C. Tracy, AgriLife Research’s representative on the task force, “but to coordinate the activities so the countries around the globe can understand what they may be able to do in the short-term and long-term if they are facing…

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has helped study Texas’ water issues through research, education and outreach for 65 years. Each year TWRI assembles its accomplishments and metrics to reflect the impact the institute and its collaborators and stakeholders have on making every drop count. TWRI collaborates with all Texas A&M University System units engaged in water resources research…