News tagged with water availability
Water scarcity will create global security concerns
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Water scarcity as a result of climate change will create far-reaching global security concerns, says Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace ...
Better water use could reduce future food crises
May 05, 2009 |
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If the overall water resources in river basins were acknowledged and managed better, future food crises could be significantly reduced, say researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Stockholm Environment ...
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Bioethanol’s impact on water supply 3x higher than once thought
Apr 08, 2009 |
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At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future — may consume ...
Climate change effects on alfalfa studied
Apr 12, 2006 |
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University of Navarra biologist Gorka Erice Soreasu determined alfalfa protects itself from effects of climate change through altering a response to CO2 levels.
Bioethanol's impact on water supply 3 times higher than once thought
Aug 05, 2009 |
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At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future ...
21st century water management: Calculating with the unknown
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate ...
Water scarcity started 15 years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New analysis shows that the water scarcity being experienced in southeast Australia started up to 15 years ago.
Beaver population helps battle drought
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Feb 20, 2008 |
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They may be considered pests, but beaver can help mitigate the effects of drought, and because of that, their removal from wetlands to accommodate industrial, urban and agricultural demands should be avoided, ...
Bushfire impact on water yields
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2008 |
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While forest fires can often result in an initial increase in water runoff from catchments, it’s the forests and bush growing back that could cause future problems for water supplies by reducing stream flows.
Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests
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May 14, 2007 |
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Looking at a rainforest it’s easy to see that there are hundreds of different tropical plant species that inhabit the forest. Although the patterns of plant distributions in tropical forests have been widely studied, the ...
New chlorine-tolerant, desalination membrane hopes to boost access to clean water
Jul 22, 2008 |
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A chemical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin is part of a team that has developed a chlorine-tolerant membrane that should simplify the water desalination process, increasing access to fresh water ...
Cleaner water through nanotechnology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active material could be used to remove toxic chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and other hazardous materials from water much more effectively and at lower cost than conventional water ...
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