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Map: NASA Shows Big Dip in U.S. Groundwater Regionally, Especially Near Texas Drought

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Using calculations based on satellite observations and long-term…
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The Stream, December 7: The Shale Gas Boom

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Global carbon emissions are likely to continue increasing at…
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The Stream, December 5: Afghanistan-Pakistan Water Relations

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Afghanistan's plans to build 12 dams on the Kabul River, and…

Price Volatility: Food and Water Insecurities Require Deep Pockets

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Adding pressure to already strained budgets, the price of food is expected to remain high and quite volatile on the heels of this year's extreme floods and droughts. Though price increases are occurring globally, they are hitting hardest in the developing world.
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The Stream, November 8: Cleaning the Yellowstone River Oil Spill

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When Texans head to the ballot box today, they will be asked…
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Red Tide Downstream of Texas Drought: Marine Ecosystems Suffer Lack of Fresh Water

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High temperatures and salinity concentrations along the Texas Gulf Coast are behind a toxic red tide, fish kills, and an influx of oyster parasites. Additionally, several saltwater species have been found upstream, surviving in a typically freshwater environment and signaling a large change in these delta ecosystems.
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The Stream, November 2: Weather Extremes Will Worsen

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Costly weather extremes such as drought and floods are becoming…
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The Stream, October 19: Drought Unleashes Red Tide in Texas Gulf

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The largest red tide algae bloom since 2000 is gripping the Texas…
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The Stream, October 4: What’s Up With Keystone XL?

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More Africans have access to mobile phones than to clean drinking…
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The Stream, September 22: U.K. Shale Gas

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More than a third of the European Union's agro-environmental…
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2011 is Record-setting Year for Climate Change: Ice Melts in Arctic, High Temps in U.S.

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A new study has revealed that ice volume in the Arctic Sea reached an all-time low in 2010. Meanwhile, in the United States, more high-temperature records have been set this summer than in any other year previously, as well as many regions that have broken rainfall and drought records.
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The Stream, September 13: Renewable Energy in Africa

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After financing about $9.3 billion of hydropower in Africa, China…