John Fleck on the Inconvenient Science of the Colorado River

What happens when science gets in the way of ambition, politics, and progress? With a look back at the historical figures and forces that led to the overallocation of the Colorado River, and the consequences that continue to play out today, John Fleck joins Jay Famiglietti on What About Water? Fleck is a Water Policy Researcher at the Utton Center, University of New Mexico and co-author with Eric Kuhn of Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River . We conclude the episode with a perspective on how we can use the latest science and technoligy to both map and protect the earth's biodiversity. Greg Asner explains what AToMS (Airborne Taxonomic Mapping System) can do and where the technology is headed in the future. Asner is the Chief Science Officer for a satellite mission called Carbon Mapper and director of ASU's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science.

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John Fleck on the Inconvenient Science of the Colorado River is an episode from Let's Talk About Water by Jay Famiglietti.

This episode is 31:26 long.

This episode was published on Jul 22, 2024.

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