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Steelhead Trout Lose out When Water Is Low in Wine Country
May 14, 2012 — The competition between farmers and fish for precious water in California is intensifying in wine country, suggests a new study by biologists. The study links higher death rates for threatened ... > full story -
Global Warming
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Food
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Wasted Milk Is a Real Drain on Our Resources, Study Shows
May 13, 2012 — Milk poured down Britain's kitchen sinks each year creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhaust emissions, research ... > full story -
Population Pressure Impacts World Wetlands
May 11, 2012 — The area of the globe covered by wetlands (swamps, marshes, lakes, etc.) has dropped by 6% in fifteen years. This decline is particularly severe in tropical and subtropical regions, and in areas that ... > full story -
Water Usage Far Exceed Sustainability Level in the Desert Southwest, US
May 10, 2012 — The American West has a 'drinking problem'. On farms and in cities, we are guzzling water at an alarming rate. Scientists say that to live sustainably, we should use no more than 40 percent of the ... > full story -
Biologists Map Fish Species at Risk from Dams
May 10, 2012 — Researchers report the results of a global assessment of the threat that dams pose to fish species. Vulnerable species were defined as those whose life cycle requires migration or that are restricted ... > full story -
New Weak Point Discovered in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
May 9, 2012 — The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet, new ... > full story -
Effect of Groundwater Use: Using Water from Wells Leads to Sea Level Rise, Cancels out Effect of Dams
May 8, 2012 — As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep back into the ground -- it also evaporates into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and ... > full story -
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Support for Climate Change Action Drops, Poll Finds
May 8, 2012 — Americans' support for government action on global warming remains high but has dropped during the past two years, according to a new ... > full story -
Geologists Map Prehistoric Climate Changes in Canada's Yukon Territory
May 8, 2012 — Scientists have analyzed sedimentary and geochemical records of water-level changes in Rantin Lake, located in the boreal forest of Canada's southeastern Yukon ... > full story -
Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change
May 2, 2012 — Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future. That's the conclusion of an analysis of 50 plant studies on four ... > full storyMore:
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