“Since chemical fertilizer burns out the soil organic matter, other farmers struggle with tilth, water retention, and basic soil nutrients. The soil gets harder and harder every year as the chemicals burn out the organic matter, which gives the soil its sponginess. One pound of organic matter holds four pounds of water. The best drought protection any farmer can acquire is more soil organic matter.” GivingYearsMatterWaterStruggleFourLandHarderProtectionSoilAcquirePoundsChemicalsFarmersDroughtBurn OutNutrientsFertilizerRetention Author:Joel Salatin
“Politicians have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes. Flooding, storms, droughts are all getting people talking about climate change. I wonder if someday Atlanta will run out of water?” PeopleIfsRunningWaterResponsibilityTalkingWonderOpinionPoliticianClimateClimate ChangeStormSomedayPublic OpinionDroughtAtlantaFloodingPeople Talking Author:David Titley
“We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still. Lovers, farmers, and artists have one thing in common, at least - a fear of 'dry spells,' dormant periods in which we do no blooming, internal droughts only the waters of imagination and psychic release can civilize.” StillsArtistWaterImaginationCommonOne ThingDangerousLoversPeriodsRiversReleaseDryInternalsSpellsFarmersPsychicsCarelessDroughtDormantBlooming Book:The solace of open spaces Source: The solace of open spaces
“Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.” HumansHas BeensEarthWaterEnvironmentWindCivilizationCreatingPatternsDesertCyclesDroughtDamsDeforestationHuman CivilizationUrbanization Author:Jamais Cascio
“There's a lot of research that suggests that organic yields are close or superior to conventional yields depending on factors like climate. In a drought year an organic field of corn will yield more - considerably more - than a conventional field; organic fields hold moisture better so they don't need as much water. It simply isn't true that organic yields are lower than conventional yields.” NeedsYearsWaterFieldsResearchClimateSuperiorsFactorsYieldConventionalCornDroughtMoisture Author:Michael Pollan
“Some decisions, like opening a fire hydrant to put out a fire, are easy to make. Other decisions, like deciding how to best distribute a drought-limited water supply among urban, rural and recreational uses, require careful deliberation.” UseEasyWaterDecisionFireCarefulOpeningUrbanDroughtDeliberation Author:Ben Nelson
“With irrigation channels and rivers running dry and municipal water storage dams reaching record lows, California's politicians are getting desperate for solutions to a drought that seemingly has no end.” EndsRunningWaterRecordsPoliticianSolutionsLowsRiversCaliforniaDryDesperateReachingDroughtStorageDamsIrrigation Author:Marc Levine
“In response to skyrocketing gas prices, liberals say, practically in unison, 'We can't drill our way out of this crisis.' What does that mean? This is like telling a starving man, 'You can't eat your way out of being hungry!' 'You can't water your way out of drought!' 'You can't sleep your way out of tiredness!' 'You can't drink yourself out of dehydration!' Seriously, what does it mean? Finding more oil isn't going to increase the supply of oil? It is the typical Democratic strategy to babble meaningless slogans, as if they have a plan. Their plan is: the permanent twilight of the human race.” IfsMenWayHumansMeanDoeWaterSleepRacePlansDrinkFindingsIncreaseCrisisStrategyDemocraticResponseOilHungryPermanentHuman RaceGasMeaninglessTwilightTypicalStarvingSlogansDrillsDroughtCan't SleepTirednessUnisonGas PricesDehydration Author:Ann Coulter
“I believe water will be the defining crisis of our century — from droughts, storms, and floods to degrading water quality. We'll see major conflicts over water and the proliferation of water refugees. We inhabit a water planet, and unless we protect, manage, and restore that resource, the future will be a very different place from the one we imagine today.” BelieveDifferentTodayI BelieveWaterQualityImagineCenturyPlanetsProtectConflictMajorsResourcesCrisisStormManageFloodRefugeeDefiningDifferent PlaceDroughtDegradingProliferationWater Quality Author:Alexandra Cousteau