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<h2 id="history-and-research">History and research</h2> <p>Institute staff analyze science and policy to provide solutions to sustainable water issues, provide workshops and briefings for communities involved in issues surrounding water, climate, energy, environmental security, and globalization, and address challenges around hydrologic sciences, water management, and water policy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Institute researchers in 2014 warned that the lack of replenishment water in the <a href="/facts/Salton_Sea/fkdn8CoY">Salton Sea</a> was leading to a "period of very rapid deterioration." With the increased shrinkage, dust storms would increase and a rotten-egg smell could reach to the coastal cities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The Institute regularly published the biennial report on the world's water, with nine volumes between 1998 and 2018 (<i>The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources</i>). In 2012 the Institute produced a new book <i>A 21st Century U.S. Water Policy</i> published by <a href="/facts/Oxford_University_Press/CYyTzzWG">Oxford University Press</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The Institute's <a href="https://pacinst.org/water-conflict-chronology/">Water and Conflict Chronology</a> tracks water-related conflicts since 2500 BC. </p><p><a href="/facts/Peter_Gleick/gj0M1h02">Peter Gleick</a> co-founded the institute in 1987 and directed it until mid-2016. Gleick is now president emeritus and Senior Fellow, having been succeeded as president by Jason Morrison.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.pacinst.org">Official website</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Pacific Institute: A Global Water Think Tank". Europe Now. December 11, 2018. <a href="https://www.europenowjournal.org/2018/12/10/the-pacific-institute-a-global-water-think-tank/" target="_blank">https://www.europenowjournal.org/2018/12/10/the-pacific-institute-a-global-water-think-tank/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mission and Vision". Pacific Institute. <a href="https://pacinst.org/mission-and-vision/" target="_blank">https://pacinst.org/mission-and-vision/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Seawater Desalination Select Committee on Coastal Protection and Access to Natural Resources". coastalprotection.assembly.ca.gov. <a href="http://coastalprotection.assembly.ca.gov/seawaterdesalinationimpacts" target="_blank">http://coastalprotection.assembly.ca.gov/seawaterdesalinationimpacts</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Talks, Panels, and Workshops by Pacific Institute Experts - Pacific Institute". Pacific Institute. <a href="http://pacinst.org/media-center/online-updates/talks/" target="_blank">http://pacinst.org/media-center/online-updates/talks/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Perry, Tony (November 21, 2014) "'Looming environmental crisis' at Salton Sea prompts plea for help" Los Angeles Times <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-salton-sea-20141122-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-salton-sea-20141122-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Christian-Smith, Juliet; Gleick, Peter, eds. (2012). A 21st Century U.S. Water Policy. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-19-985944-3. <a href="978-0-19-985944-3" target="_blank">978-0-19-985944-3</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"The Pacific Institute Announces Leadership Transition" (Press release). Pacific Institute. 2016-03-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-28. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160329040657/http://pacinst.org/news/the-pacific-institute-announces-leadership-transition/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160329040657/http://pacinst.org/news/the-pacific-institute-announces-leadership-transition/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Wolff, Eric (2016-03-24). "Mover, Shaker". Politico. Retrieved 2016-03-28. <a href="http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-energy/2016/03/pro-morning-energy-wolff-213396" target="_blank">http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-energy/2016/03/pro-morning-energy-wolff-213396</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>