Water levels in the Great Lakes are lower than their long-term averages. Despite a wet season, experts believe the gains could evaporate. After the unusually warm temperatures this summer, lake …
Are We Running Out of Water?
As our world's population surpasses 7 billion, we are beginning to use fresh water faster than our rate of population growth. According to a recent report from Reuters: Water use is predicted to …
Will the Texas Drought put the Kibbosh on Fracking?
We've talked here before about how hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," threatens clean drinking water, but fracking also requires quite a bit of water to execute. In drought-stricken Texas, local …
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Drought Solutions: Rainwater Harvesting in Africa
Yesterday, we talked a bit about Atlanta's extreme drought conditions, but what about areas that have been struggling with even more severe droughts? In the horn of Africa, drought has been a way of …
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Atlanta Drought Update: Extreme Drought Conditions and What We Can Do
Back in 2009, Georgia's state climatologist said that Atlanta was out of drought, but two years later, the Atlanta drought persists. Despite some above-average rainfall, the drought in Atlanta has …
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Does Climate Change Cause Crime?
Here’s the theory: climate change contributes to rising temperatures and dropping water levels, which in turn leads to lower catch volume and smaller fish, which pushes some Lake Naivasha fishermen in …