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Aug 14, 2013
OilPrice.com-Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at the Texas Tech University in Lubbock, claims that the recent droughts, nor fracking operations, are the real cause for the low water supplies. “We have large urban centres sucking water out of west Texas to put on their lands. We have a huge agricultural community, and now we have fracking which is also using water.”
tags: Texas Tech in the News
Aug 14, 2013
Texas Tribune-Instead of contributing to the river's environmental streamflows, much of the water is being used for needs like irrigation and industrial cooling, especially in the summertime, said Gene Wilde, a biology professor at Texas Tech University. These season-specific demands are changing when and how strongly rivers flood, damaging the surrounding environment and wildlife, he added.
tags: Texas Tech in the News
Aug 13, 2013
The award was part of $770,000 awarded to eight programs focused on declining wild quail populations and represented a new record for the 7-year-old group.
tags: News Releases
Aug 13, 2013
The organization was one of about a dozen chapters recognized as an Honor Chapter.