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Many Dams In Texas Are in Bad Condition
2013-10-14 20:56:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
This picture of a dam that over-topped is used in dam safety workshops presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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Are there dams with high-hazard potential near you? Check this database
2013-09-29 16:17:36| Waste Management - Topix.net
That means that based on their location, a failure could mean loss of life and significant structural damage.
Can dams help buffer global warming impacts?
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County: For all the environmental mayhem they`ve caused in the past, dams may help buffer some aquatic ecosystems from future global warming impacts, according to a new study from Oregon State University. Specifically, the researchers said dams could provide ecological and engineering resilience to climate change in the Columbia River basin. The dams are doing what they are supposed to do, which is to use engineering and management to buffer us from climate variability and climate warming,...
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Even Small Dams a Potential Hotbed for the Greenhouse Gas Methane
2013-07-31 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Dams, it turns out, may take an even greater toll on the environment than previously thought. Already scientists have shown that the world's 50,000 large dams are a source of methane, but a new study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, provides new evidence that smaller dams are a problem as well. Methane is a known greenhouse gas with a warming effect 25 times more powerful than the headline-grabbing carbon dioxide. Among the largest contributors of emissions in the...
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Tony Abbott's 100 dams policy is the Sharknado of Australian politics
2013-07-16 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A few days ago, if you are the twittering type, you probably would have noticed the #sharknado hashtag dominate your feed. Helped by the hype of scores of celebrities, including Mia Farrow and the late Glee star Cory Monteith, #sharknado made a massive online splash, but its ratings ultimately were a "bust", according to Bloomberg's Business Week. Sharknado, a movie apparently about sharks and tornados, was a direct to TV movie for the SyFy cable network, whose role is to fill the "ridiculously...
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