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Could These Drugs Rain on the Obamacare Parade?

2014-05-26 12:08:22| Biotech - Topix.net

Obamacare's biggest fans just might be the health insurance industry. Several of the major insurers have enjoyed nice stock gains since the Oct. 1, 2013 start date for the health insurance exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act.

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Water Goes 'Missing' as More Rain, Less Snow Falls

2014-05-21 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: A new study finds that as temperatures rise, it will rain more and snow less, causing the total amount of water in rivers to decline. Researchers compare in the journal Nature Climate Change areas of similar climate and precipitation, but with differing fractions of that precipitation falling as snow and as rain. After examining the histories of 420 catchment basins in the US spanning the period 1948-2001, scientists discovered there is a significant difference in total streamflow if the fraction...

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The view from Lake Buchanan as rain fell in central Texas.

2014-05-19 20:28:55| Waste Management - Topix.net

Over the weekend, The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality proposed major changes to the way LCRA distributes water in the Highland Lakes.

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Less Snow and More Rain Means We're All Dried Up

2014-05-18 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Motherboard: Right about now is the most magical time of year in the mountains. Not just for the usual spring reasons of getting to play outside and saying farewell to lingering seasonal affective disorder, but because of water. This is when it all happens: the big melt. Mud season. The amount of water shed from high-country snowpack in the springtime will impact the whole rest of the year. The true amount of that water now choking valley rivers will determine which farmers actually get to farm this year, how...

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