Center for Environmental Resource Management at UTEP

We have another exciting day planned as we continue World Water Week tomorrow, including a talk session dedicated to the Rio Bosque Wetlands park. Join Park Manager John Sproul in a journey through time at the Park where you will see how water availability can completely change a landscape and the species it supports while learning how you can help in the effort to restore our El Paso wetlands. For the last 30 minutes of this talk, Visiting Assistant Professor S. Paola López Ramírez will join John to share the process of Experiencing the Bosque, an artist-led intervention that aims to support our reconnection to land and water through a deep embodied investigation of the park.

When: 1:30 pm–3:00 pm
Where: UTEP Campus Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB) 2.215

Artists have prepared some very special performances taking place this Thursday for World Water Week! Register here utep.edu/worldwaterweek , or see details below to join us! Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at UTEP UTEP Department of Music UTEP Music/Dance Collaboration

Join us for this important panel, Safe Drinking Water for US/Mexico border Colonias in the Paso del Norte Region, brought to us by Dr. Ivonne de Santiago. The panel will discuss the panelists' experiences during the last six years of working with the communities in West Texas and Northern Chihuahua to provide education in environmental health issues related to water to residents in these Colonias. Panelists will also discuss the outcomes of providing residents with low-cost alternatives and appropriate Point of Use Systems (POUs) based on several factors that include type of contaminants, regulatory compliance, social acceptability, sustainability, and cost.

When: 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Where: Zoom
https://utep-edu.zoom.us/j/87844858080?pwd=enB1cEJMTEliSXFwZ3RPTHBNK3B3dz09

Good evening everyone! Please take a look at all of the amazing events happening tomorrow for World Water Week! Take a look at our website utep.edu/worldwaterweek for more details!

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Did you know 50-75% of the Rio Grande’s water flow comes from snowmelt from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado?

About 75% of this water is removed from the Rio Grande by Colorado and New Mexico for things like agriculture irrigation.

So, what does that leave for El Paso? And what does this mean for the Border Region in the face of climate change??

These are thought provoking questions we should ask ourselves.

If you want to join the conversation, come see us tonight for our Nerd Night where we will learn more about our regional water and explore ways we can be more water smart.

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Please join UTEP's SWIM Research team for their Science Talk with the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters on March 10, 2022. See the details below!

JOIN US FOR UTEP WORLD WATER WEEK 2022!

World Water Week World Water Day (WWD) has been celebrated by the UN every March 22, since 1993. This day recognizes the importance of freshwater for every human being and the planet that we inhabit. This year, UTEP’s Somos Agua/We Are Water  — an artist-led collective within the interdisciplinary research grou...

We are excited to invite you to the first of three One Water Cluster seminars to be held this semester on the 4th Thursday of each month, February (2/24), March (3/31), and April (4/28) at 3:00 pm in IDRB 2.204.

Each month a disciplinary expert on water will present their research for ~25 minutes, followed by a moderated discussion that will explore the multidisciplinary aspects and implications of the research, and potential for collaborations.

Our first presenter is Dr. Lixin Jin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resources Sciences. Her research focuses on the complex interaction of water, air, biota, and rocks in natural and managed ecosystems in drylands. For this discussion, she will focus on “Opportunities and challenges of sustaining agriculture in drylands: an environmental perspective.”

We look forward to seeing you there to join your colleagues for an exciting talk and discussion. Also please forward this message and attached flyer to your colleagues.

We are excited for our upcoming exhibit, Water/Ways!

This exhibit highlights a very important topic for our region and for life, WATER.
Water/Ways explores the past, present, and future of water in El Paso and how it divides and unites us through historic, artistic, economical, political, and social lenses.

Water/Ways is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, and was adapted from an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

The Smithsonian portion of the exhibit explores the impacts of water on a larger scale and asks questions like, "As the world’s population grows and the planet changes, can we learn to become better stewards of water and develop sustainable ways to address the challenges of sustaining this crucial resource?"

The application window is now open for the Summer Institute program at the National Water Center! Deadline to apply is February 23rd! Details here ow.ly/p8Xo50HCwGT

Hi everyone, the Drylands CZ team will have a special seminar this Friday at 9am thaat might be of interest to you. Join us! Zoom link below.

Dr. Girisha Ganjegunte from TAMU AgriLife center at El Paso, and his title is "Salinity management in the Middle Rio Grande Basin". It will be at 9 am MT on Friday

via zoom: https://utep-edu.zoom.us/j/9483637233

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Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity – A New Vision This virtual workshop, the first in a four-part series, is hosted by the Environmental Health Matters Initiative at the National Academies.

Join Dr. Hosannah for this interesting event. Register here https://ccny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0udu-uqTwuG9XV1iFlqhojDRlRYa1DDoaH


After investigating aerosols and their effects on intricate and steadily changing summer storms over NYC, Dr. Hosannah’s desire to explore weather in the Caribbean; simultaneously a place that is on the forefront of global climate change and the region of the world where his parents hail from (Guyana) led him to take on a postdoctoral position at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez after receiving his Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center. There, he investigated multi-scale impacts on weather and climate in the region.

This work led him to extend his analyses to season-long periods, within which Saharan dust intrusion, marine aerosol and smoke created from biomass burning take effect on climate and weather over the region. He has presented his work- related to understanding multi-scale impacts on rainfall in coastal urban environments such as NYC, and tropical environments in the Caribbean at numerous national and international conferences. He envisions his position in academia as a business- for which the research professor is tasked to hire, manage, groups of associates in order to produce a product.



In addition to his strong desire to continually eat from the plate of science, he also dined on the dish of entrepreneurship as one of two directors at Uppademics; a not-for-profit venture that seeks to support, educate, and empower NYC students who wish to balance their artistic passions with their academic goals.

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Dr. Nathan Hosannah is faculty at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) since 2018, and has been engaged in research focused on the effects of local and regional surface-atmospheric processes on weather/climate since 2008. During this discussion, Dr. Hosannah will explore the importance of building relationships with your classmates and professors, defining success for yourself while pursuing both career and personal passions, and the art of adaptation.

Join us in celebrating Earth Science Day in October! Details below:

Join CERM at the Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta at the Zoo!

Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta, September 25-26 Saturday at the Zoo,Sunday at the Park The seventeenth annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta is coming up, and for the first time will be held as a two-day event. Attend the event at the El Paso Zoo on S…

Catch up on the big Supreme Court water case involving Texas and New Mexico - El Paso Matters Update 12:50 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27: Special Master Michael Melloy ruled Friday to split in half the trial for the long-running U.S. Supreme Court case over

‘We're starting to be concerned about the health impacts on people’: A Q&A on regional climate change - El Paso Matters The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Aug. 9 released a report on the impacts of climate change and how human activity is

Conserving water is simple! Switch to the ! https://takecareoftexas.org/do-your-part/texas-trickle

Before the new school year begins, join us for a FREE virtual summer camp on Friday, July 30 from 1-3 p.m. Students in grades 3-6 are invited. Space is limited! To register, click the link: https://bit.ly/3kbI5XU
For info, contact [email protected]

Running out of water: how climate change fuels a crisis in the US west For farmers and Native tribes near the California-Oregon border, water scarcity is happening now

Climate change stresses El Paso area power grid - El Paso Matters As El Paso experiences a long-term heat wave with temperatures climbing above 100 degrees during an extreme drought, concerns increase about whether West

Virtual Forum on Climate Hazard Resilience: Extreme Heat In this interactive program you will discuss the social, economic, and environmental impacts of extreme heat in small virtual groups.

TecH2O Climate, Water and Resilience Virtual Workshop TecH2O Climate, Water and Resilience Virtual Workshop To register, contact Alma at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) 1154 Hawkins Blvd | El Paso, TX 79925 United States This email was sent to . To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or saf...

UTEP’s 27th FloraFest Offers Diverse Plants for Sale EL PASO, Texas – The University of Texas at El Paso’s Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens invites community members to start their spring season at the FloraFEST 2021 Annual Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18, 2021, at Leech Grove.

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