How could I forget
Events distilled like sake
Yes, haikus are back

Science

Disrupted monsoon
A model where mountains rule
Not Tibet plateau

In the great north lakes
Evap now trumps precip in
Lake level changes

New Zealand

Shortfalls of water
Enter garden restrictions
Zero to xeri

International

How not to write news
Alternet’s coverage error
Panned by blog critics

Plummeting lake height
Yields fewer fish, more migrants
Next stop: Chad dust bowl

Epic fight for wealth
Water book tracks history
You are what you read

Equipment destroyed
As punishment, vandals must
Risk crocs for water

More regular than
India’s summer monsoon
But not quite as wet

Science

A seismic story
Of fluvial erosion
Around Gibraltar

Minimal model
Of monsoonal tipping point
Controlled by water

Historical links
Between war and temp’rature
What of climate change?

New Zealand

ECan’s head in sand:
Surface-groundwater exchange
Timaru study

Farmer to spill beans
On effluent management
After spilling crap

International

Water footprinting
Guide to water assessment
Virtual focus

Index of Banned Words
From science journalism
Some seem a tad odd

Water meter use
Encouraged in the UK
To control demand

Water as weapon
Or water as the trigger
Water conflict dates

Haikus, belated
But surely not forgotten,
Are all about risks

Science

Regional flood risk
Water storage threshold gauged
By the GRACE of god

Urban water risks
Drought and demand managed with
Leases and options

Runoff, climate change
Predictions with simple model:
Budyko-Holland

New Zealand

Rain spoils cherry crop
Ripening fruit swell and split
Due to osmosis

Waitaki DC
Catches self in water ‘theft’
Camp ground flow, too free

New Marlborough scheme
Brings new options, certitude
To irrigators

International

CRU scandal
Misgrasped by non-science shills
Climate change still real

Kenya drought-insured
Claims checked via satellite
First case in third world

On water, women:
Gender inequality
Hinders health and life

An abridged coverage
Of news this week due to a
Conference, and Thriller

New Zealand

Earthquake cools the pools
Rejigged plumbing changes flows
Below Southern Alps

Manawatu flows
Top among polluted list
Top cause: nitrogen

Drinking water crap
In many rural locales
One in four at risk

From water cycle
Via media cycle
To haiku cycle

Science

Water on the moon
Discovery follows probe
Evidence clouded

Bayes and RCMs
Give projections of the Thames
Water resources

Water and money
Modelled for Brazilian farms
New method, old news

Off to AGU?
Geobloggers check this out
Shame I won’t be there

New Zealand

Key to Fed Farmers:
“We only use a fraction”
Of water cycle

Roaring Meg viewing
Historic hydro station
Enhanced, not busted

Waikato tussle
Over manure disposal
Farmers unhappy

International

Argentina runs dry
From wheat export to import
Curse you La Nina!

Like water towers?
BWTAS
Feeds your addiction

Laundry crosses line
Hanging unmentionables
Inadmissible

The week that just was
In water and science news
Distilled like sake

Science

Australian drought
Rising temps compound low rain
P minus ET

Teapot effect: solved
Had enough of dribbly spouts?
Thin lip, hydrophobe

Hyped science backlash
Don’t over-sell evidence
Keep uncertainties

New Zealand

Climate change forecast:
Weather likely more extreme
Perhaps already?

Canty water plan
ECan supports 10 to 2
Stay tuned for their views

International

Water Advocates:
Health and water, hand in hand
Four 5ths of poor’s ills

Bjorn Lomborg’s op-ed
Gets the hydrology wrong
Climate change risks missed

Groundwater declines
Resemble oil shortages
Don’t race to the pump

Snow melt, crops not synced?
‘Glacier Man’ has the answer:
Engineered glaciers