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Klamath Water Woes: Drought Conditions Pit Farmers Against Fish Again

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:50:08 +0000

The Klamath Basin and the water that flows out of it from Oregon to California have been a point of contention between environmentalists and farmers over the past century. Dam removal now seems imminent, yet the water woes have not ended for the region. Facing drought conditions, Klamath Lake is currently 12 inches below [...]

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Extracting Pure Water from Thin Air with Wayne Ferreira of EcoloBlue

Sean Daily — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:05 +0000

GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks with Wayne Ferreira of EcoloBlue about water extracting from air. Wayne started his career as a professional tennis player at the young age of 18. While on the pro tennis circuit, the he had more on his mind than tennis which serendipitously lead to his next career. He [...]

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Water Footprint Network Releases The Water Footprint Manual

Scott James — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:04:05 +0000

The Water Footprint Network (WFN) is a Netherlands-based international organization that helps individuals and corporations better understand how and where water is used. Their mission is to promote the transition towards sustainable, fair and efficient use of fresh water resources worldwide. Sponsoring partners are as diverse as the Coca Cola Company and the World Wildlife [...]

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Whales and Climate Change: How Are They Linked?

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:53 +0000

Two issues close to the hearts of many environmentalists (or even the average person now) — addressing climate change and protecting endangered whales — are now being seen as linked issues. Whales are huge! Blue whales are the largest creatures on Earth. An elephant, the largest animal that lives on land, could stand on a blue [...]

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A Future Business Created by Sea Level Rise

Susan Kraemer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:27:36 +0000

Here’s a business concept poised for takeoff in centuries to come, with our rising sea levels. The floating island business. The Dutch (wouldn’t you know it!) company Dutch Docklands has come up with the concept of The Floating Beach®. Now 22nd century tourists needn’t ever worry about their favorite island getaway [...]

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Laundry + Bicycle = Bicilavadora

Derek Markham — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:10:25 +0000

Washing laundry is a difficult time-consuming task in the developing world, and doing laundry in open streams or lakes can add to water pollution. The task also falls solely on women -- 8 hours a week is typically spent washing each piece of the family’s clothing and then wringing them out by hand. Washing machines [...]

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Atrazine in Tap Water Chemically Castrates Frogs

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:54:51 +0000

Atrazine is a common herbicide used in agriculture around the world for 50 years. The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) found atrazine present in “75 percent of stream water and about 40 percent of all groundwater samples,” as well as 90 percent of tap water sampled. Recent research conducted at the University of California [...]

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First Images From European Space Agency’s SMOS

Scott James — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:52 +0000

Last November the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) with the mission of improving our understanding of the Earth’s water cycle. The goal of SMOS mapping soil and salinity variables is to better our understanding of the exchange processes between Earth’s surface and atmosphere, our ability to create [...]

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