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The Stream, August 22: World Water Week 2011
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Deutsche Welle highlights some of the pressing topics on the…
The Stream, August 16: Climate Refugees
The deltas of the the Mekong, Irrawaddy, Niger, Nile, Mississippi,…
Where Food Grows on Water: Environmental and Human Threats to Wisconsin’s Wild Rice
For generations, the upper Great Lakes region has boasted harvests of wild rice, growing in Lake Superior and other watersheds within the basin. But disease, dams, and climate change are now endangering the uncultivated bounty.
The Stream, July 20: The Climate-Food Connection
The U.S. Department of Agriculture urges more study of the climate-food…
Infographic: Map of Pollution Levels in China’s Major River Basins
The seven major river basins, as a whole, have had steady improvements in water quality over the past decade.
Infographic: An Elemental Concern—Arsenic in Drinking Water
Arsenic is both naturally occurring and artificially produced, and the toxin is very dangerous since it often has no color, taste, or smell. This graphic breaks down how arsenic gets into drinking water supplies and how arsenic affects the U.S. on the state level.
The Stream, June 27: Food Prices, G20 and Global Food Security
The Council on Foreign Relations highlights the factors behind…
Dried Up: Texas Industry and Residents Square Off Over Water as Drought Continues
With nearly 65 percent of Texas experiencing exceptional drought, water is becoming increasingly precious—and scarce—in a state that has to divide the resource between the growing appetites of farmers, city residents, and energy corporations.
The Stream, June 20: Higher Food Prices
The world should brace itself for high food prices and volatility…
The Stream, June 17: California Drought Report
A new Pacific Institute report on California's 2007-2009 drought…
The Stream, June 16: Texas Drought
The worst Texas drought in more than a century may cripple the…
Rains Bring Relief For Six-Month China Drought, But Chronic Water Problems Loom
Although now satiated, the dry spell is the latest in a growing trend of severe water shortages threatening China's food production, energy generation, and accelerating modernization.