Surely a provocative title, but the meat of this invited essay is about some key things we need to do to protect our dwindling groundwater reserves and therefore our food security in the US. I also wrote a brief Linkedin post on the topic to accompany the essay.
After 5 seasons and 71 episodes, it’s time for me to step away from the podcasting microphone. I am extremely proud of the work that we did on What About Water, starting back in 2019 with my team from The Walrus Lab and the Global Institute for Water Security, and now finishing up here at […]
Thanks to my alma mater Tufts University for including me in its Earth Advocates series. You can find my profile here.
Back in December 2023, I had the opportunity to present to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on the topic of groundwater in the United States. I was joined by my colleagues Prof. Upmanu Lall (ASU/Columbia University) and Dr. Bridget Scanlon (UT Austin). I think we did ok. You be the […]
Our team published this paper just before Christmas 2022. Former NASA JPL postdoc and current NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Research Scientist Pang-Wei Liu took the lead, building on work we did together before I moved to Canada in 2018, along with intern Avery McEvoy. Pang-Wei did an excellent job, and the paper was featured […]
I sat down with Abrahm Lusgarten at a coffee shop in San Francisco’s Cole Valley neighborhood for this great conversation with one of the world’s top environmental investigative journalists.
These sleeper videos have accumulated nearly 24 million views across the 3 parts and the 3 languages (English, Spanish, Arabic) on YouTube. Originally filmed for the German public television network ARD by Daniel and Walter Harrich in 2021 of diwafilm, we took an epic trip to all the hotspots along the Colorado River, from Lake […]
Bill speaks with UC Irvine professor and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Water Scientist Jay Famiglietti about the severe drought affecting the state of California. March 27, 2015 On Overtime Overseas and taking the SoCal Public Radio drought quiz at the after party with actor Zachary Quinto Plus a web exclusive NewRule: The Evaporation Proclamation […]
Lesley Stahl reports on the depletion of crucial groundwater across the globe — with a focus on California — and our work with NASA GRACE mission that is revealing just how serious the situation is. Stream the episode here. Originally broadcast November 16, 2014, it was re-run on May 31, 2015 and updated on February […]
Jay Famiglietti 