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U.S. Drought The Food Price Index for December 2012, released yesterday, hit its lowest point since prices began to rally in June 2012, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Index is a measure of international food commodity prices, and, driven in part by the severe drought in the [...]
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The Guardian explores how Costa Rica has implemented a green economy, which places a monetary value on ecosystem services, to protect resources like forests and water. Officials in Mumbai have warned that water rationing will likely occur after July 15 due to dwindling water supplies in India’s most populous city, The Times of India reported. [...]
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Water Supply in Asia Beijing’s water resources are expected to come up short by 1.3 billion cubic meters (343 billion gallons) this year, creating a water shortage that will be overcome by recycling water, diverting water and tapping underground water supplies, Xinhua reported. The groundwater of Mongolia’s capital city, Ulan Bator, has been found to [...]
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A first-of-its-kind space mission shows dips in groundwater supplies globally.
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Lake Erie and some of its biggest tributary rivers have just the right conditions for Asian carp to make themselves at home, according to a study by scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, Associated Press reported. The invasive species have infested numerous tributaries of the Mississippi River, including the Illinois River, and are threatening to [...]
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Check out these stunning images of the Earth taken from the International Space Station. And revisit Circle of Blue’s own compilation of the best NASA and ESA satellite images of the Earth’s water: Part I and Part II. Back on Earth, Foreign Policy surveyed world experts about the future of food and also published this [...]
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NASA announced yesterday that a moon probe discovered enough water on the north pole to potentially help generate oxygen or sustain a moon base.
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Distancing the View to the World’s Fresh Water to Get to Know It Better
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NASA is sending a kamikaze probe to the moon to finally end the debate over lunar water.
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Guy Laliberte, soon to be the world’s seventh space tourist, will blast off into the great unknown on a poetic social mission about water.
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In outer space, water use aboard the International Space Station is a microcosm of water use here on Earth
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Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, may not be as wet and warm at its core as scientists had hoped. The tiny moon, whose diameter is roughly 500 km across, could fit in the length of the United Kingdom.
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TUSCON, Arizona – Scientists relishing confirmation of water ice near the surface beside NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander anticipate even bigger discoveries from the robotic mission in the weeks ahead.
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WASHINGTON – The Phoenix lander has begun taking samples of its icy Martian surroundings in its search for extraterrestrial water, NASA reported early Monday.
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A dry landslide—not liquid water—is the most likely explanation for at least one of the bright streaks seen recently on Mars, a new study concludes, according to National Geographic News Service. The streaks first made waves in 2006, when scientists reported them in pictures of Martian gullies taken in 2005.
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For over 40 years, satellites have been orbiting the Earth quietly monitoring the state of our planet. Unseen by most of us, they are providing information on the many changes taking place, from movements in the land and volcanic eruptions, to human-caused changes such as the growth of cities, deforestation and the spread of pollutants [...]
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