Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee (SAC). The next meeting of the Texas Environmental Flows SAC will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 9:00 AM. The meeting will be held in Building F, Room 2210 of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality headquarters, located at 12100 Park Thirty-Five Circle, Austin, TX 78753. The agenda for the meeting will be…
Featured A drought for the centuries: It hasn’t been this dry in Texas since 1789 (Texas Climate News, 10/23/2011) Scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory analyzed tree-ring data to calculate how drought conditions dating back hundreds of years (to 1550 in Texas) ranked on the standard Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI). According to their findings, 1789 was the only…
Title: Transition Houston November Meeting and Guest SpeakerLocation: Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Blvd., Houston 77005Link out: Click hereDescription: Transition Houston meets on the first Tuesday of each month, at Christ the King Lutheran Church at the corner of Greenbriar and Rice Blvd. (near Rice Village). This month, Karen Marshall, Metro’s Director of Community Outreach, will help everybody…