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UNICEF, WHO Report Says 1.5 Million Children Die Annually from Diarrhea; New Response Plan Launched
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Drought and Deluge: Food Supplies in an Era of Climate Change
Agriculture in South and Southeast Asia affected by increasing temperatures and erratic water.
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Third Pole Meltdown: Himalayan Glaciers Are Diminishing at Faster Rates
Black carbon soot clouds and rising temperatures.
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Water Issues Dividing and Challenging the U.S.
With floods across the Midwest, droughts along the Southwest, and legal skirmishes in the West and South—water issues are dividing the United States and challenging its citizens like never before. As first reported by Circle of Blue in July 2008, increasing competition for diminishing water supplies is driving the United States into an era of water scarcity.
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Georgia and Tennessee: 200 Years of a Tennessee River Toss-up
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Australia’s Adelaide: A Lesson for Urban Centers Facing the Global Water Crisis
Australia’s fifth-largest city, Adelaide, could see its 1.3 million inhabitants relying more and more on bottled water over the next year, according to local politicians. Mounting consequences of climate change and sluggish national political action have led to high salinity levels and depletion of wildlife along the River Murray.
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America’s Water Supply: Scarcity Becoming Endemic
Americans have good reason to be concerned about the future of the nation’s supply of clean fresh water, according to state and federal research and resource agencies.
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Nevada and Utah: Desert Aquifer Dispute in Snake Valley
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Mississippi vs. Tennessee: Billion-dollar Supreme Court Question, “Is Memphis Stealing Water?”
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Visioning Flowing Waters, From Laos to Cambodia
Mouth to Source brings remote locations along the Mekong River to life
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With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
By Joaquin Sapien
ProPublica
Workers at a steel mill and a…
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Solar Power Plants Drain Desert Waters
The push for renewable energy through low-carbon alternatives could further compromise water resources