Intro One of the first things that caught my attention, when I moved to the USA this spring, was the label on the bottled water (see Fig.1). To me it was unbelievable that I could not find the mineral content on the label (e.g. the major ions, as in EU). Instead, I was given completely useless […]
Water resources
Water is Hope
Water is hope, happiness, health, nature, urbanization, industry, energy, food, equality, and much more. This was the message of this year World Water Day. The World Water day is held each year on 22nd of March since 1993. I do believe that water should be everyday topic, not just one day event, but we need to […]
Our latest peer-review paper
Our paper “Exposure to Selected Geogenic Trace Elements (I, Li, and Sr) from Drinking Water in Denmark” got published few days ago in the special issue “Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health” of the peer-reviewed open-access online journal Geosciences. The three trace elements iodine (I), lithium (Li), and strontium(Sr) have in common […]
DamNation
DamNation is an environmental documentary on the legacy of the dam-boom in the USA. Its main focus is on the harm done to the migratory fish species (e.g. salmon and trout) and in general to the river ecosystem. A good part of the movie focuses on the emotions of wide variety of people (e.g. Native […]
Danish Water Forum annual meeting 2015
Just few days ago, on 29th of January, I gave a presentation at the 9th Annual meeting of the Danish Water Forum (DWF). The meeting took place in one of the auditoriums of Copenhagen University. The take home message from my presentation was “There is a great potential for Danish studies focusing on the beneficial effects of […]
Groundwater, the Hidden Resource
Two days ago (26th of November 2015) a new animated video was launched by the UNESCO International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC). The video is part of a campaign called #HiddenResource, which aims at raising the awareness about the importance of groundwater. As I believe in the importance of these water resources, I’m happy to […]