H2O Talk: Water - Environment - Society
This podcast will focus on a variety of water resources related topics and the interrelationship of water to our environment and society. The Podcast will be hosted by Tom Bellinger, and Joe Lyons. Dr. Thomas Bellinger, a professionally certified hydrologist and professor has over 40 years in the water science field with the Department of Interior and is currently on the faculty at the University of Colorado - Denver and the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Joe Lyons is an experienced Hydraulic Engineer/Hydrologist who has worked in the water science field with the Department of Interior. Tom and Joe have bee colleagues and friends for over 38 years. Podcasts will touch on issues such as climate change, water use and distribution, ground and surface water, water law, rivers, glaciers, snow, wetlands, etc. The Podcast format will vary from a host to host discussion to a discussion the between the co-hosts and invited guests with expertise on a variety of topics. Eventually, listeners may be invited to call in with questions. The podcast will run 25-40 minutes on a bi-weekly basis. Note that season one was a pilot season with Tom Bellinger as host. Season two began the co-hosting format with Tom Bellinger and Tom Cech. The third season in 2024 was be co-hosted by the ”two Toms” and Greg. Our 4th Season, starting in January 2025 will be hosted by Tom Bellinger, Joe Lyons with a variety of new topics on water. Stay Tuned! The co-hosts can be contacted through email at h2otalkpodcast@aol.com.
Episodes
This episode will feature Tom Bellinger discussing the recent move by the current administration to dismantle the ocean buoy monitoring system that we depend on for tracing Climate Change, weather, etc.
The good news is that this decision was rescinded and the ocean buoy system will remain in place!! Yay!! Tom will discuss this event in terms of the importance of maintaining a variety of data collection systems such as ...
Today's episode will focus on our future. Tom and Joe will be interviewing three graduate students studying environmental science at the University of Colorado - Denver. The students, Jack, Tommy, and Chris are part of Tom Bellinger's Environmental Hydrology class -- each is working towards advanced degrees (Masters/Doctorate).
These students are our future - and Joe and Tom hope that the conversation will also give our...
In this episode Tom and Joe discuss the dry conditions on the high plains and in the Rocky Mountains in the Great State of Colorado. Essentially, Colorado has been without a winter this year - what do we do about it? Concerns, adaptive management, etc. will be discussed.
Tune in and enjoy!
This episode will explore the legacy of an often unknown man - Ralph Parshall who invented the Parshall Flume, a practical water measuring device that was a keystone to water management in Colorado, the US, and now all over the world. This device changed how we measured and allocated water among many stakeholders.
Both Tom and Joe are in the process of writing a biography of Professor Parshall and his lifelong accomplishments...
This episode will complete our 4 part series on data centers. Tom and Joe will wrap up the discussion on these facilities with regard to our power grid and the stresses they will likely place upon it.
This will end Season 4 of the Podcast. Stay tuned for our Season 5 opener!
This episode will feature a continuation of Tom and Joe's conversation with Amy Mendelson Cheeley a local activist about a data center being planned near her home. The first half of this conversation is in Episode 2 of this series.
Amy is an active citizen in her community in Virginia. She has been involved in various projects both planning and environmental for over two decades. She is a great example of how one ...
This is Part 2 of our 4 part series and Data Center development.
We are pleased to have a conversation with an activist/artist in Virginia where Data Centers are proliferating...in an an area nicknamed "Data Alley".
Amy Mendelson Cheeley lives in a rural area that is in Data Alley. There is a proposed center being planned for construction across the street from her home. This is the proposed Hunting Hawk Tec...
This episode will be the first of four - all focused on Data Centers, which are large facilities springing up all over the world. Data centers support Internet, Artificial Intelligence, and other computer/cloud based functions. They have a good and bad side both for society and the environment.
Part 1 will focus on an overview of Data Centers and what they are and why they exist. The Part 2 in this series will con...
This week Tom and Joe discuss a learning experience Joe had on a recent visit to Ireland. This involved sphagnum moss - a natural resource often unknown to the general public. This is followed by a brief discussion of data centers and the environment. Data Centers will be discussed in more detail on an upcoming episode.
We apologize for some audio glitches in this recording - something to correct in upcoming shows...
In this episode, Tom Bellinger, doing a solo broadcast, will revisit the subject of threats and solutions to our ocean concerns based on a recent publication.
Joe will be back next time (he is vacationing in Ireland) with Tom on another thought provoking podcast episode. Stay tuned!!
In this episode Tom and Joe will discuss some recent discoveries in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. New fresh groundwater resources and two events that have influenced the Great Salt Lake from the past.
Stay tuned.
In this episode Tom and Joe will discuss the lesser known Atlantic Nina and Nino Phenomena, a recap of the recent tragic Texas Floods, and the recent 8.8 magnitude quake off the Pacific shores of the Northern Pacific.
Thanks for tuning in!
In this episode Tom Bellinger will discuss the concept of wicked water problems. He will discuss the concept of a "wicked" problem and what makes them wicked.
Enjoy!
In this episode, Tom and Joe will discuss some recent water news.
The first of two subjects will be a conversation of a study that focused on the top cities in the US that are sinking, primarily due to groundwater extraction.
The second topic will focus on the underestimation of global warming due to a misunderstanding of the warming of the atmosphere due to an increase in water vapor in clouds.
Stay tuned!
This episode will feature Mr. Robert Strand. Tom and Joe both worked with Bob Strand for several years. Bob headed up the Sedimentation Section in the Water Resources Division of the Bureau of Reclamation in Denver, CO. Bob has worked all over the world on various projects involving sedimentation, including the Elwha River dam removal.
Today the focus of the conversation will be on the Colorado River Salinity Cont...
This episode will be a twist from the last. Our last show focused on removal of dams. This episode will focus on a dam nearing construction in northern Colorado.
Our guest this week is Rachel Stevens the communications specialist for the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (commonly known as Northern Water). Rachel has been chronicling the progress of the construction the Chimney Hollow Reservoir pr...
This week Tom and Joe will be joined by Dr. Tim Randle who specialized in sedimentation and river hydraulics and headed up the Sedimentation and River Hydraulics group in Denver, CO. Tim has had vast experience all over the world in this specialized and complex field of engineering.
Tim was involved in the removal of two dams on the Elwha River in Washington State and will discuss the process, problems, concerns, ...
This episode will feature Tom Bellinger and Joe Lyons discussing a new technology being used around the world to map groundwater aquifers. This innovative geophysical method has been employed By Mr. Paul Ivancie and his colleagues to study the extent and composition of aquifers, which are a geologic media that hold water. It can be employed for example, to map salinity zones due to ocean rise and aquifer characteristics...
This episode will feature Tom Bellinger and Joe Lyons discussing how changing policies and agendas from administration to administration (presidential and governor) influence those working on the ground and at the executive level managing water issues, policy, science, and engineering.
Yes, we have a new administration in power in Washington DC with a lot of changes being made. This is not new - Tom and Joe will focus on some...
This is our Season 4 Opener! We will be talking to our new co-host, Joe Lyons: hydrologist/hydraulic engineer extraordinaire!
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