News tagged with river system
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 ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Future of West water supply threatened by climate change, says new study
As the West warms, a drier Colorado River system could see as much as a one-in-two chance of fully depleting all of its reservoir storage by mid-century assuming current management practices continue on course, ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (Update)
(AP) -- Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Unifying The Animate And The Inanimate Designs Of Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Living beings and inanimate phenomena may have more in common than previously thought.
Apr 28, 2009 |
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China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze
China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020, the government said Tuesday, despite growing concerns over dam construction there.
Apr 21, 2009 |
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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 ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Eugene-Springfield face Upper Willamette climate threats
Effects of climate change projected this century for Oregon's Upper Willamette River Basin, including Eugene-Springfield, will threaten water supplies, buildings, transportation systems, human health, forests, ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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