Water and women were common themes among the blog’s most popular posts last month.

On the aquatic front, USAID launched a new water and conflict toolkit, guest contributor Cameron Harrington took on the concept of impending “water wars,” and Keith Schneider introduced the “Choke Point: India” project.

Meanwhile, ECSP and GSRP Director Roger-Mark De Souza celebrated Earth Day (and his first anniversary here) by pointing out the importance of women to urban sustainability, guest contributor Valerie Hudson broke down new research on the relationship between gender ratios and violence, and the Maternal Health Initiative explored the role of universal health coverage in a post-MDG world.

Last but not least, Wilson Center Scholar Louise Lief explained her new Science and the Media Project – if you’re a journalist, sign up to participate on her site.

1. Uttarakhand’s Furious Himalayan Flood Could Bury India’s Hydropower Program, Keith Schneider

2. Water Wars? Think Again: Conflict Over Freshwater Structural Rather Than Strategic, Cameron Harrington

3. Challenging Patriarchy: The Changing Definition of Women’s Empowerment, Donald Borenstein

4. For Maternal Health, What Role Will Universal Health Coverage Play in a Post-MDG World? Katrina Braxton

5. How Does the Media – and Public – Learn Environmental Science? Help Us Find Out, Louise Lief

6. Report: China Could Generate 80 Percent of Its Energy From Renewables By 2050 For Less Than Cost of Coal, Xiupei Liang

7. Why Has the Demographic Transition Stalled in Sub-Saharan Africa? Elizabeth Leahy Madsen

8. Violent Straw Men? Sex Ratios, Conflict, and a Methodological Disconnect, Valerie Hudson

9. USAID Launches New Water, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Toolkit, Moses Jackson

10. Earth Day 2014: Women at the Center of Sustainable Cities, Roger-Mark De Souza