by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Resources, Sustainability
Flooding fields to restore groundwater is a new tactic farmers are using, trying to hold onto the unusual amount of rain California got this year. While it’s hard to believe, the intense rain and flooding that California has seen the past few months...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Kenyan herders are digging for groundwater as an extended drought means dry riverbeds and dying cattle. The shallow rivers in much of Eastern Africa are drying up. In Samburu County, a region of Kenya, there is no surface water to be found anywhere these days. “We had...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 21, 2021 | Conservation
The Ayalon Cave in central Israel was cut off from the surface for an estimated 5 million years before a bulldozer excavating a quarry in 2006 broke into one of its 1.7 miles of skinny tunnels. Originally over 320 feet below the surface, the lime quarry had already...
