All About Aneesa
This is one reason Aneesa studies water issues.
What is Aneesa will decide?
Oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers are all part of this system that moves water around Earth.
What is the water cycle?
This is the year Aneesa is currently in her PhD program.
What is 3?
California often experiences this long period of very low rainfall.
What is a drought?
This global process is driven by increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
What is climate change?
This is Aneesa's favorite drink to energize herself.
What is ceremonial grade matcha?
This term describes water stored beneath the ground.
What is groundwater?
Name one of Aneesa's committee members or advisors.
What is Stephanie, Greg, Alvar, Kristin, Erik?
This river supplies water to Southern California and several other states.
What is the Colorado River?
This term describes meeting today’s needs without harming future generations.
What is sustainability?
This is a common place Aneesa might be found while researching.
What is a coffee shop?
This human activity uses the largest amount of freshwater worldwide.
What is agriculture?
This is the focus of Aneesa's PhD (groundwater or surface water).
What is groundwater?
This region of California uses large amounts of water to grow food.
What is the Central Valley?
This type of energy does not run out and can be used again and again.
What is renewable energy?
This snack Aneesa reaches for when she needs a quick boost while studying.
What is Aneesa will decide (anything sour, chocoshrooms, turkey chompstick, white cheddar cheez itz)?
This process removes salt from seawater to make it drinkable.
What is desalination?
Name the language Aneesa codes in. Extra points if you know the model.
What is Python?
This mountain range holds much of California’s snowpack.
What is the Sierra Nevada?
This environmental challenge occurs when benefits and burdens are unevenly distributed.
What is environmental injustice?
This milestone officially turns Aneesa into a PhD candidate (happening next quarter hopefully).
What is advancing to candidacy?
This term describes the area of land where all rainfall drains to the same river or lake.
What is watershed?
Give me your best shot at describing what I am researching.
What is Aneesa will decide?
Pick One:
This natural process replenishes groundwater when rain or snowmelt soaks into the ground.
This happens when too much groundwater pumping causes the land surface to sink.
What is groundwater recharge?
What is land subsidence?
This global agreement aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
What is the Paris Agreement?