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Deep, old water explains why Antarctic Ocean hasn't warmed
2016-05-30 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The waters surrounding Antarctica may be one of the last places to experience human-driven climate change. New research from the University of Washington and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that ocean currents explain why the seawater has stayed at roughly the same temperature while most of the rest of the planet has warmed. The study resolves a scientific conundrum, and an inconsistent pattern of warming often seized on...
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Tropical Plant Could Help End Water Pollution
2016-05-30 02:40:19| pollutiononline Home Page
The need for cheaper alternatives to remove heavy metal ions from water has led to a biological method utilizing the perennial Jatropha curcas plant. The treatment method known as “biosorption” appears to act commonly to other commercial adsorbents.
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California's water crisis not on radar of presidential candidates
2016-05-29 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OC register: The 20th century dams and canals that gave birth to modern California -- to San Francisco, to Los Angeles, to the San Joaquin Valley farms that feed the nation -- are near the end of their engineered lives. The rivers and aquifers they tap are, simply, tapped out. The state's record drought, only dented by last winter's rains, comes amid a 16-year dry spell in the Colorado River basin, which provides 16 percent of California's water. The basin's giant reservoirs are dwindling and may never fill...
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Time has come to care for water like its precious
2016-05-29 03:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Herald: Even in a spring dry by Maine standards, its hard to envision how parched some places can become. Water scarcity is increasingly coming to define landscapes and lives. By the start of 2015, NASA calculated that California had reached a water deficit of 11 trillion gallons (roughly 93 times all the water used annually by Maine households). Global thirst will only grow as the world warms. A new World Bank report, High and Dry, warns that water scarcity aggravated by climate change could lead...
Colorado Towns, Farmers Battle Over Water Rights
2016-05-28 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The City of Thornton is one of many growing suburbs of Denver, Colo. On a day without much traffic, it's only a 20-minute commute into the state capitol, and its new homes with big yards make it an attractive bedroom community. Nearly 130,000 people live there, and the population is expected to keep booming. All that big growth comes with a big need for water. In the 1980s, Thornton placed its hopes in the Two Forks Dam project, which would have provided the city with enough water well into the...
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