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Grass-fed beef gains a following, even in drought-stricken Texas
2014-02-11 02:40:09| Grocery - Topix.net
Jon Taggart squinted toward a dozen or so steers, all uniformly black hided and docile, as they moseyed through a gate to an adjoining pasture of foot-high grass, unlike neighboring fields that almost looked as if the land had been scraped bare.
Is It Enough Rain For Drought-Stricken California?
2014-02-09 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: California, which has been experiencing its worst drought on record, is welcoming some heavy rainfall this weekend, if it signals a wholesale quenching of dried up streams and farm fields. says: "Until Saturday, the San Francisco Bay Area had gotten only 3 inches of rain this season; it normally would have received 14.5 inches of rain at this point. But rain was falling at the rate of a half-inch per hour Saturday in some parts of the area 4 inches in Sonoma County and as much as 3 inches...
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Australia: Drought-stricken Queensland town considers evacuating 3,000 residents
2014-02-05 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: After two years with almost no rain, a Queensland town is planning for the possible evacuation of its entire population as water supplies run out. The mayor of the inland community of Cloncurry, near Mount Isa, says evacuating its 3,000 residents will be a last resort. But that option is part of an emergency plan now being developed in response to dwindling water supplies. Mayor Andrew Daniels says residents are now on the toughest water restrictions, with domestic use restricted to the bare...
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Spectra Watermakers Relieve Drought-Stricken Marshall Islands
2014-01-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Spectra's reverse osmosis desalination systems provide sustainable water production for residents in remote regions like Utrik<br /> <br /> SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – On Utrik, a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands, the region's first permanent solar and wind-powered water desalination plant is staving off the effects of a yearlong, region-wide drought.<br /> <br /> In May 2010, Tom Vance of Moana Marine LLC installed two Spectra LB-1800 reverse osmosis desalination systems, which convert ...This story is related to the following:Chemical Processing and Waste ManagementSeawater Desalination Equipment |
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Satellites show shrinking US aquifers in drought-stricken areas
2013-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Albuquerque District's Rio Grande coordinator, measures the water level in the Rio Grande with a calibrated survey rod. Image: Flickr/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers In New Mexico, the Rio Grande is trickling through Albuquerque at only a quarter of its normal flow. The parched range and pastureland in the southwest part of the state are all rated in poor condition by the Department of Agriculture. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor published Thursday, 45 percent of the state is suffering from...
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