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Australia’s 40 Year Drought Linked to Antarctica’s Heaviest Snowfall in 38,000 Years
Posted on Feb 10, 2010 by Susan Kraemer.
The drought that has affected Western Australia since the 1960’s now appears to be linked in a new kind of “precipitation see-saw” effect with a correspondingly higher snowfall in East Antarctica during the same 40 years, according to two scientists who just published the findings in the journal Nature Geoscience this weekend.
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NASA Grace Satellites Track Groundwater Levels from Space
Posted on Dec 23, 2009 by Scott James.
NASA satellites are returning some disturbing news about the state of the earth’s groundwater. Two GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellites are reporting data based on small monthly changes in Earth’s gravity field that are chiefly caused by water movement across the Earth’s water stores. The two GRACE satellites are the only satellites capable of monitoring deep stores of water in the earth.
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Overpopulation to Blame for Southeastern U.S. Water Shortages
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 by Derek Markham.
Water shortages in the southeastern U.S. during the last two years were due to the skyrocketing population growth in the area, not just the drought, says a new study from Columbia University researchers. Some state’s populations, such as Georgia’s, jumped almost 50% in only 17 years, putting pressure on local water supplies and increasing the effect of drought in the region.
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Marijuana Plantations Compound California Drought
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.
It’s marijuana harvest time in northern California, and the air is strongly pungent with skunk smelling scents. It is also the time of year when many rural residents are anxiously awaiting the rainy season, as they are living without water after the arid summer months. Is there a connection between dwindling water supplies and illegal marijuana cultivation? The answer is yes, according to authorities and environmentalists.
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Mumbai Faces Worst Water Shortage in History
Posted on Jul 14, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.
The BBC has reported that twenty million residents of Mumbai, India’s largest city, are facing an acute water shortage, that is perhaps the worst since 1966 when the city’s municipal authorities had an evacuation plan in place for affected people.
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