upcoming presentations
October 1, 2019 [invited] - University of California - Santa Cruz
October 14, 2019 [invited] - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
November 1, 2019 [invited] - Sedgwick Reserve (University of California - Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System)
December 9-13, 2019 [invited] - American Geophysical Fall Meeting
October 14, 2019 [invited] - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
November 1, 2019 [invited] - Sedgwick Reserve (University of California - Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System)
December 9-13, 2019 [invited] - American Geophysical Fall Meeting
podcast
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SplashCast Podcast (January 30, 2018) - SplashCast is a brand new (January 2018) podcast about water resources led by Sarah Sayles at New Mexico State University. In Sarah's first episode, she talks with me about the age of global fresh water, and with Sasha Richey - professor at Washington State University - about GRACE and how humanity can use groundwater sustainably. Listen in here: [SplashCast Episode 1] |
Webinar
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Canadian Water Network Webinar (February 7, 2017) - Isotope hydrology webinar focusing on the "age" of water. Specifically, the webinar explores how long it takes rain and melting snow to work its way into global rivers and groundwater wells. [Link to the event homepage] [Watch the event here] |
BlogGING
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I blog at Water Underground, a blog about groundwater hosted by the American Geophysical Union and the European Geosciences Union. I've posted about (i) hydraulic fracturing nearby domestic groundwater wells (December, 2017), (ii) wells going dry in the western USA (September, 2017), (iii) global 'fossil' groundwaters (April, 2017), and (iv) global groundwater recharge (July, 2015).
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Online water events
Michael Campana - Oregon State University: In this Virtual Event Michael Campana (Professor of Hydrogeology at Oregon State University) shares his story of engagement through social media with students and the scientific community through LinkedIn, Twitter, and the blog and water-hub "WaterWired." In this Virtual Event, Michael demonstrates the benefits and opportunities available to water resources professionals by engaging in social media, concluding with a vision of where these opportunities can take the water resources profession in the future. Watch the event here held April 23, 2014
Karen Kun, Gemma Boag, Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux & Hanneke Van Lavieren: Canadian water research largely neglects a gender perspective. Through this Virtual Event we explore: the water situation in Canada through a female lens; the role of women within the current water landscape; and women as economic drivers and leaders. An expert panel of water leaders delves into this inquiry, providing perspectives on Aboriginal women, women's voices and expertise in Canadian water policy, young leaders and entrepreneurial innovation in a global context. Watch the event here held November 21, 2013
Margaret Catley-Carlson, Global Water Partnership: In this Virtual Event, Margaret Catley-Carlson couples global-scale scientific investigations of water resources to the global-scale science of policy. The interactions of water with food, energy, and direct human uses are investigated and connected. Margaret offers a call to action for Canada’s young water leaders, proposing several ways for Canadian water leaders to create positive change through water. Watch the event here held October 21, 2013
Mark Servos, University of Waterloo: In this Virtual Event, entitled "One fish two fish, boy fish girl fish: the environment on drugs," Mark Servos discusses emerging water contaminants and their hazards in aquatic ecosystems. Using interactive polls, Mark turns the event to the participants by asking "how much money should be devoted to these issues?" Watch the event here held April 17, 2013
Tom Gleeson, McGill University: Groundwater, as the world’s largest volume of freshwater, is of critical importance to irrigated agriculture and hence global food security. In this event, Tom Gleeson discusses global groundwater depletion and considers the steps required for humanity to use groundwater resources in more sustainable ways. Watch the event here held February 12, 2013
Tony Maas, World Wildlife Fund: Water nourishes life at all scales, ranging from water uses by plants during primary production to essential services within the largest ecosystems. Here, Tony Maas highlights the connections between freshwater and life, discussing how water shapes the foundation of Canadian ecosystems and how the health of these ecosystems is ultimately governed by the provision of clean, sustainable freshwater. Watch the event here held January 17, 2013
Karen Kun, Waterlution: Inspiring and connecting water users, managers and researchers from all viewpoints is one of the grand challenges confronting better management of Canadian and global freshwater resources. In this Virtual Event, Karen Kun will discuss what characteristics are embodied by today’s water leaders, and the steps that students and young professionals can take to become water leaders of tomorrow. Watch the event here held October 24, 2012
Jean-Francois Barsoum, IBM-Canada: Mr. Barsoum will describe IBM’s projects that support ecosystem monitoring and municipal water infrastructure management, and he will discuss past projects as well as herd ideas on where the future of information technology and water may lie. Watch the event here held May 8, 2012
Diane Dupont, Brock University: Dr. Dupont’s presentation draws attention to a selection of Canada’s most important interactions between water and economics, including water pricing, water demands, water quality perceptions and benchmarking efficient water production on the part of water utilities. Watch the event here held April 5, 2012
Radio
April 27, 2017: 630 CHED on the Ryan Jespersen Show
April 26, 2017: BBC World Service Newsday (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050h06p at ~48 minutes)
April 25, 2017: German Public Radio (Listen)
March 14, 2016: CHQR Radio ("Calgary's Highest Quality Radio") Morning News
November 19, 2015: CHQR Radio ("Calgary's Highest Quality Radio") Morning News
November 19, 2015: CFCW Radio ("Canada's Finest Country and Western") Agri-Business Report
November 19, 2015: AM 1150 News (Kelowna)
November 17, 2015: CBC World at Six (www.cbc.ca/w6) interview [Listen here]
April 26, 2017: BBC World Service Newsday (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050h06p at ~48 minutes)
April 25, 2017: German Public Radio (Listen)
March 14, 2016: CHQR Radio ("Calgary's Highest Quality Radio") Morning News
November 19, 2015: CHQR Radio ("Calgary's Highest Quality Radio") Morning News
November 19, 2015: CFCW Radio ("Canada's Finest Country and Western") Agri-Business Report
November 19, 2015: AM 1150 News (Kelowna)
November 17, 2015: CBC World at Six (www.cbc.ca/w6) interview [Listen here]
online coverage (Grants, News)
April 18, 2017: "Extreme weather more likely to hit Alberta as temperatures heat up" in MetroNews
April 28, 2016: "Honouring a few of our finest" in Faculty of Arts News
April 12, 2016: "University of Calgary Researcher Awarded CFI Funds" interview with the Canadian Water Network
March 16, 2016: "University of Calgary research projects get funding boost" in Calgary Metro
March 15, 2016: "Investigating carbon and water cycles from the oilsands to the arctic" in UCalgary Faculty of Arts News
March 15, 2016: "University of Calgary researchers get $1 million in funding" in Calgary Herald
March 15, 2016: "CFI funds five University of Calgary research projects" in Today
February 9, 2016: "The most important water stories of 2015" in Circle of Blue
April 28, 2016: "Honouring a few of our finest" in Faculty of Arts News
April 12, 2016: "University of Calgary Researcher Awarded CFI Funds" interview with the Canadian Water Network
March 16, 2016: "University of Calgary research projects get funding boost" in Calgary Metro
March 15, 2016: "Investigating carbon and water cycles from the oilsands to the arctic" in UCalgary Faculty of Arts News
March 15, 2016: "University of Calgary researchers get $1 million in funding" in Calgary Herald
March 15, 2016: "CFI funds five University of Calgary research projects" in Today
February 9, 2016: "The most important water stories of 2015" in Circle of Blue
Past Oral PRESENTATIONS
39) May-2019 [invited] - University of Melbourne, Department of Infrastructure Engineering
38) Nov-2018 [invited] - University of Georgia, Department of Geology (Athens, GA) [Link]
37) Oct-2017 [invited] - 2017 Geological Society of America Meeting (Seattle, WA)
36) Oct-2017 [invited] - Washington State University Civil and Environmental Engineering (Pullman, WA)
35) Oct-2017 [invited] - New Mexico State University Plant and Environmental Sciences (Las Cruces, NM)
34) Oct-2017 [invited] - University of New Mexico Water Resources Program (Albuquerque, NM)
33) Oct-2017 [invited] - California Institute of Technology, Resnick Sustainability Institute Young Investigators Symposium (Pasadena, CA) [Link]
32) Sep-2017 [invited] - University of Michigan Earth and Environmental Sciences, Smith Lecture Series (Ann Arbor, MI)
31) Feb-2017 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Webinar entitled "Raindrops to Rivers" [Video of presentation]
30) Dec-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, entitled "Western USA groundwater drilling"
29) Nov-2016 - American Water Resources Association, entitled "Global fresh waters flowing fast and slow"
28) Sep-2016 [invited] - 2016 Geological Society of America Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and groundwater wells"
27) Jun-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
26) May-2016 - Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, entitled "Global fresh water ages"
25) Apr-2016 [invited, keynote] - Canadian Water Resources Association Alberta Chapter Meeting, entitled "Flowing fast and slow"
24) Jan-2016 [invited] - Rutgers University Earth and Planetary Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
23) Dec-2015 - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and aquifers"
22) Dec-2015 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Global transpiration, recharge and runoff tracked with stable isotopes"
21) Nov-2015 [invited] - Stanford University Geological Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
20) May-2015 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Groundwater renewal rates, seasonal recharge dynamics and paleoclimate records"
19) May-2015 [invited] - University College London Geography, entitled "Global groundwater isotope compositions"
18) Jan-2015 [invited] - University of Calgary Hydrogeology Group, entitled "Groundwater and streamflow ages"
17) Jan-2015 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Workshop, entitled "Water Mentorship"
16) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Transpiration in the global water cycle"
15) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Watershed transit times across the USA"
14) Oct-2014 - University of New Mexico, PhD dissertation defense, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
13) Jul-2014 - CUAHSI Biennial (graduate student short talks), entitled "The isotopic fingerprint of global groundwater resources"
12) Jan-2014 [invited] - Biosphere II (Arizona), entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
11) Jan-2014 [invited] - University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering, entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
10) Sep-2013 [invited] - Red Lakes Wildlife Refuge, entitled "Water use by plants"
9) Apr-2013 - University of New Mexico Shared Knowledge Conference, entitled "Global fresh water consumption by plants"
8) Jan-2013 - University of New Mexico colloquium, entitled "Vegetation dominates the terrestrial water cycle
7) Jun-2012 [invited] - UQAM Departement des sciences de la Terre, entitled "Decoupling evapotranspiration in the terrestrial water cycle"
6) Jun-2012 - Goldschmidt Conference, entitled "Saline groundwater discharges in the Athabasca oil sands region: a chemical mass balance"
5) Mar-2011 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Stable isotope mass balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes to constrain evaporative losses"
4) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Tracers in hydrogeology"
3) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate geochemistry course guest lecture, entitled "Introduction to stable isotopes in geochemistry"
2) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Athabasca oil sands regional hydrogeology: use of isotopic and geochemical tracers"
1) May-2009 - University of Victoria Geography Student Conference, entitled "Isotopes in hydrology"
38) Nov-2018 [invited] - University of Georgia, Department of Geology (Athens, GA) [Link]
37) Oct-2017 [invited] - 2017 Geological Society of America Meeting (Seattle, WA)
36) Oct-2017 [invited] - Washington State University Civil and Environmental Engineering (Pullman, WA)
35) Oct-2017 [invited] - New Mexico State University Plant and Environmental Sciences (Las Cruces, NM)
34) Oct-2017 [invited] - University of New Mexico Water Resources Program (Albuquerque, NM)
33) Oct-2017 [invited] - California Institute of Technology, Resnick Sustainability Institute Young Investigators Symposium (Pasadena, CA) [Link]
32) Sep-2017 [invited] - University of Michigan Earth and Environmental Sciences, Smith Lecture Series (Ann Arbor, MI)
31) Feb-2017 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Webinar entitled "Raindrops to Rivers" [Video of presentation]
30) Dec-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, entitled "Western USA groundwater drilling"
29) Nov-2016 - American Water Resources Association, entitled "Global fresh waters flowing fast and slow"
28) Sep-2016 [invited] - 2016 Geological Society of America Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and groundwater wells"
27) Jun-2016 [invited] - American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference: Emerging Issues in Tropical Ecohydrology, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
26) May-2016 - Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, entitled "Global fresh water ages"
25) Apr-2016 [invited, keynote] - Canadian Water Resources Association Alberta Chapter Meeting, entitled "Flowing fast and slow"
24) Jan-2016 [invited] - Rutgers University Earth and Planetary Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
23) Dec-2015 - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Young and old water in global rivers and aquifers"
22) Dec-2015 [invited] - American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, entitled "Global transpiration, recharge and runoff tracked with stable isotopes"
21) Nov-2015 [invited] - Stanford University Geological Sciences, entitled "Global isotope hydrology"
20) May-2015 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Groundwater renewal rates, seasonal recharge dynamics and paleoclimate records"
19) May-2015 [invited] - University College London Geography, entitled "Global groundwater isotope compositions"
18) Jan-2015 [invited] - University of Calgary Hydrogeology Group, entitled "Groundwater and streamflow ages"
17) Jan-2015 [invited] - Canadian Water Network Workshop, entitled "Water Mentorship"
16) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Transpiration in the global water cycle"
15) Dec-2014 - American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, entitled "Watershed transit times across the USA"
14) Oct-2014 - University of New Mexico, PhD dissertation defense, entitled "Continental-scale isotope hydrology"
13) Jul-2014 - CUAHSI Biennial (graduate student short talks), entitled "The isotopic fingerprint of global groundwater resources"
12) Jan-2014 [invited] - Biosphere II (Arizona), entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
11) Jan-2014 [invited] - University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering, entitled "Global plant breathing, ice age waters & renewable groundwater"
10) Sep-2013 [invited] - Red Lakes Wildlife Refuge, entitled "Water use by plants"
9) Apr-2013 - University of New Mexico Shared Knowledge Conference, entitled "Global fresh water consumption by plants"
8) Jan-2013 - University of New Mexico colloquium, entitled "Vegetation dominates the terrestrial water cycle
7) Jun-2012 [invited] - UQAM Departement des sciences de la Terre, entitled "Decoupling evapotranspiration in the terrestrial water cycle"
6) Jun-2012 - Goldschmidt Conference, entitled "Saline groundwater discharges in the Athabasca oil sands region: a chemical mass balance"
5) Mar-2011 - International Atomic Energy Agency conference, entitled "Stable isotope mass balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes to constrain evaporative losses"
4) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Tracers in hydrogeology"
3) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate geochemistry course guest lecture, entitled "Introduction to stable isotopes in geochemistry"
2) Feb-2011 - University of Victoria undergraduate hydrogeology course guest lecture, entitled "Athabasca oil sands regional hydrogeology: use of isotopic and geochemical tracers"
1) May-2009 - University of Victoria Geography Student Conference, entitled "Isotopes in hydrology"
VIDEOS
June 2014 - Precipitation tritium levels from 1960 to ~2000 measured at Ottawa. The map of nuclear tests is not my own; this video was created by Isao Hashimoto to whom credit should be given. Yellow diamonds are measurements made in vintage wines after the onset of thermonuclear testing. Levels increase orders of magnitude until the early 1960s after which atmospheric testing largely ceases* (*underground testing continues for several decades). Levels decrease after ~1963 as a rate much faster than would be expected by radioactive decay alone because of sequestration of atmospheric tritium in reservoirs such as oceans and groundwater aquifers. Thank you Glenn Jasechko for help with video editing.
August 2019 - Americans are drilling deeper groundwater wells to obtain water.
