Four billion people experience severe water shortage at least one month a year, researchers find
Severe water scarcity affects at least two-thirds of the world's population, or about 4 billion people, according to a new study.
Severe water scarcity affects at least two-thirds of the world's population, or about 4 billion people, according to a new study.
Environment
Feb 15, 2016
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Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials last year warned residents ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2014
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Thirty research teams in 12 different countries have systematically compared state-of-the-art computer simulations of climate change impact to assess how climate change might influence global drought, water scarcity and river ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2013
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Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2013
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The US Agency for International Development and the Swedish government announced a $25 million grant program Monday to increase access to clean water for farming.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 2, 2013
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If the climate continues to evolve as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United States stands little to no chance of satisfying its current biofuel goals, according to a new study by Rice University ...
Environment
Jun 3, 2013
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The nation's food supply may be vulnerable to rapid groundwater depletion from irrigated agriculture, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere.
Environment
May 28, 2012
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Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant ...
Evolution
Apr 2, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper highlighted in Nature Climate Change today, Nigel Arnell, Director of the Walker Institute for Climate System Research at the University of Reading, and colleague Detlef van Vuuren from the Netherlands ...
Environment
Mar 8, 2011
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In 1986, Marc Reisner published "Cadillac Desert: The American West and its disappearing water," a foundational work about the long-term environmental costs of U.S. western state's water projects and land development. It ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2010
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