With summer heating up quickly, lawns are already getting thirsty. The folks at Trugreen, a lawn service company, sent around a list of tips on how to water your lawn to promote healthy grass and …
Rainwater Collection on High Tunnels
Rainwater collection on high tunnels can reduce irrigation costs significantly. This video and seven-page fact sheet from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture shows just how to do it. High …
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Irrigation Raises Sea Levels
A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters indicates that irrigation raises sea levels. The scientists calculated that irrigation and the subsequent runoff into the oceans …
Does Irrigation Mask Climate Change?
We know irrigation works- meaning, we know that we can turn a desert into farmland. But how much do we know about the side effects? A new report from two New York researchers entitled Irrigation and …
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Turkish Farmers Learn to Cut Water Use Up to 50%
About 72% of total water use in Turkey is for agriculture. This 72% is important when the country's largest city, Istanbul, can be out of running water for days at a time in the summer. "We have to …
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New Initiative Addresses Middle Eastern Water Poverty
Early this month in Jordan, seven Middle Eastern countries launched the Water and Livelihoods Initiative (WLI), an international conference on food security and climate change focused on the most …
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