Last year's snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found.
Environment
Apr 29, 2024
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Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water resources.
Environment
Apr 26, 2024
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In the month of June, when winter bites in the southern hemisphere and the sea around the Antarctic freezes over, right whales swim north. Many of them gather in the bay outside the town of Hermanus in South Africa.
Plants & Animals
May 11, 2023
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Sitting on a beach looking out to sea, it may seem unusual to spot one of the world's largest animals swimming in shallow coastal 30-foot-deep waters. But each winter, female southern right whales migrate thousands of miles ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2022
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Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either risk more revenue volatility, or live with a more ...
Environment
Jul 10, 2020
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New research connects recent changes in the movement of North Atlantic right whales to decreased food availability and rising temperatures in Gulf of Maine's deep waters. Right whales have been showing up in unexpected places ...
Ecology
May 29, 2019
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Another study refutes the belief that Las Vegas and other urban centers in the Southwest are sucking Lake Mead dry. Instead, if the region is to adequately address its water problems, policymakers must confront hard questions ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2024
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Freshwater will be an increasingly scarce resource as we head into spring and summer in Western Canada with implications for the livelihoods and economic prosperity of humans, and non-humans alike, in southern Alberta and ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2024
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For too long, California and other states have viewed stormwater as either a threat or an inconvenience—something to be whisked away from cities and communities as quickly as possible.
Environment
Mar 4, 2024
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For more than 25 years, New Zealanders have consistently rated freshwater health as one of their leading environmental concerns. But the issue is strikingly absent from the 2023 election campaign.
Environment
Sep 21, 2023
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