Study: Plants Play Bigger Role in River Flows Than Previously Thought

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Transpiration from plants dominates the terrestrial water cycle. Photo…

The Stream, May 2: Even More Oil and Gas Found Beneath North Dakota

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A new analysis from the U.S. Geological Survey found even more…

The Stream, May 1: Storing Energy and Water

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Water and Energy Storage In a column for Reuters, market analyst…

The Stream, April 30: Superstorm Sandy Dumped 11 Billion Gallons of Sewage

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Superstorm Sandy dumped 11 billion gallons of sewage from East…
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The Stream, April 29: Snowmelt Predictions Possible With New Snowpack Measurement Techniques

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Researchers from NASA and California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
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Federal Water Tap, April 29: Texas and Oklahoma Debate the Red River Compact in U.S. Supreme Court

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The justices on the United States Supreme Court pondered water…

Bouncing on Circles of Blue

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Circle of Blue intern Jinah Park summarizes the first three weeks of spring at the Traverse City office.

The Stream, April 26: Kenya Fights Floods and Drought

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Flooding Kenya is struggling to help the 90,000 people displaced…
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The Stream, April 25: Australian Groundwater Levels Dangerously Low

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Many communities in the Australian outback depend on the Great…

The Stream, April 24: More Erosion Means More Extreme Flooding

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Floods While changing rainfall and climate patterns have been…
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The Stream, April 23: Looming Storms Threaten Communities Along the Great Lakes

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Looming storms are keeping communities along the Great Lakes…
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The Metropolitan Lockdown of Boston: A Unique American Experience

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The four days of shock and outrage in Boston — which started on Monday with the Boston Marathon bombings and climaxed on Friday in Watertown with a flurry of bullets — was history in the making. Circle of Blue's Keith Schneider was there for part of it.