30 Mar Managing Natural Resources
Discussion Topic 1: Managing Natural Resources
Topic Introduction & Questions
Water is life, and, if you are a desert dweller, you know first-hand how a parched landscape is impacted by lack of water. In the U.S., we are still relatively lucky in how little we are impacted by droughts. Climate change is leading to more water scarcity in many parts of the U.S. and around the world.
Part 1 Desertification: Read this National Geographic article (and watch the short video embedded in the article) about global desertification.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/desertification/
(Links to an external site.) (If this link is asking you to login, you may also just read the article as a pdf herePreview the document. Not as pretty as the website, but it works).
What are two human-caused issues that are leading to the conversion of arable drylands into non-arable desert? (4 points)
Read one of the following websites that describes a solution to slow/reverse desertification.
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Fire Bush factsheet (Links to an external site.) (http://repo.mel.cgiar.org/handle/20.500.11766/3275
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Based on your reading…
Describe (one of) the solution(s) being proposed. (6 points)
Finally, read the following article about groundwater-surface water impacts (U of Arizona study – groundwater pumping impact on AZ rivers (Links to an external site.)) and respond to the following questions:
Which 2 major river systems in Arizona were discussed as being highly impacted by groundwater pumping? (4 points)
How are the non-human living things that depend on the rivers impacted? (3 points)
Part 2: Local Conditions. Up to date drought information can be found at the National Integrated Drought Information System website linked here:
https://www.drought.gov/drought/
(Links to an external site.). Enter your zip code and click “Get Conditions” to see if your region is currently experiencing a drought. If you don’t live in the U.S., use the zip code 85018 to determine drought conditions in Phoenix, AZ.
Take a look at the drought website above to answer the following questions:
Does this level of drought or lack of drought surprise you? Why or why not? (4 points)
What is the difference between extreme and exceptional droughts? What region(s) is experiencing drought now and are any of these extreme or exceptional? Use the map to answer the second question. (4 points)
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