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Build soil to handle extreme rain
2013-12-17 02:27:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Ray Gaessers had three 4-inch rain events in 1 hour in the past 4 years. After more than 30 years of no-till, constructing 1,000 terraces and untold grass waterways and turn areas, Ray Gaesser decided to up his soil-protection game after an 8-inch overnight rainfall washed out a 20-acre field that spring. read more
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Terraced Rain Gardens Project
2013-12-13 18:54:47| PortlandOnline
Project is in design, construction coming in spring 2014 PDF Document, 935kbCategory: Projects
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KGW: Chance of flurries in Portland today, possible freezing rain Tuesday
2013-12-09 22:53:56| PortlandOnline
News story posted to KGW.com December 9, 2013.
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Could China combat smog with artificial rain?
2013-12-05 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: China plans to open the heavens to bring back its blue skies. According to local news reports, a document released by the China Meteorological Administration says that from 2015, local weather authorities will be allowed to use cloud seeding to create rain and clear the country's notorious smog. It's part of the government's plan to invest 1.7 trillion yuan ($277 billion) in tackling air pollution. But will it work? Programmes to generate artificial rain have been running since the 1950s. In...
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Acid Rain and Ozone Depletion May Have Triggered Mass Extinction 250 Million Years Ago
2013-11-23 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Acid rain and ozone depletion may have caused the Earth's most severe known mass extinction, a new study published in the journal Geology suggests. Some 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, more than 90 percent of marine species and over 70 percent of terrestrial species died off, setting the scene for the day of the dinosaur. The die-off was so extreme that, according to fossil records left behind, ecological diversity was not fully restored for another several million...
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