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Northwest fears that invasive mussels are headed its way

Highly invasive mussels are lurking on the Northwest's doorstep, threatening to gum up the dams that produce the region's cheap electricity, clog drinking water and irrigation systems, jeopardize aquatic ecosystems and upset ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate change means shortfalls in Colorado River water deliveries

The Colorado River system supplies water to tens of millions of people and millions of acres of farmland, and has never experienced a delivery shortage. But if human-caused climate change continues to make ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 1




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Could cap and trade for water solve problems facing the United States' largest rivers?

Lake Mead, on the Colorado River, is the largest reservoir in the United States, but users are consuming more water than flows down the river in an average year, which threatens the water supply for agriculture and households. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The desert Southwest: Oasis or mirage?

(Phys.org) -- The American West has a drinking problem. On farms and in cities, we are guzzling water at an alarming rate.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Researchers create 3-D laser maps that show how earthquake changes landscape

Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and it's giving them insight into how earthquake faults behave. In the Feb. 10 issue of the journal Science, a team ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study may answer questions about enigmatic Little Ice Age

A new University of Colorado Boulder-led study appears to answer contentious questions about the onset and cause of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures that began after the Middle Ages ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Some earthquakes expected along Rio Grande Rift in Colorado and New Mexico, new study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Rio Grande Rift, a thinning and stretching of Earth’s surface that extends from Colorado’s central Rocky Mountains to Mexico, is not dead but geologically alive and active, according ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

USAID, CU-Boulder partner to study water resources in Asia mountains

A University of Colorado Boulder team is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development to assess snow and glacier contributions to water resources originating in the high mountains ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Great Plains river basins threatened by pumping of aquifers

Suitable habitat for native fishes in many Great Plains streams has been significantly reduced by the pumping of groundwater from the High Plains aquifer – and scientists analyzing the water loss say ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Too wacky? Moving water from flood to drought

(AP) -- As the soggy East tries to dry out from flooding and Texas prays for rain that doesn't come, you might ask: Isn't there some way to ship all that water from here to there?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Evidence suggests La Nina will return this winter

(PhysOrg.com) -- A return of La Nina, which historically delivers dry conditions, is increasingly likely.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New data shows El MayorCucapah earthquake was simple on surface, complicated at depth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like scars that remain on the skin long after a wound has healed, earthquake fault lines can be traced on Earth's surface long after their initial rupture. Typically, this line of intersection ...

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created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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