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UN rejects water as basic human right

OTTAWA, CANADA — A special resolution proposed by Germany and Spain at the UN Human Rights Council was stripped of references that recognized access to water as a human right. Federal officials in Canada said last week that the government wanted to ensure the meeting’s outcome reflected the fact that access to water is not […]

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Looming water wars foreshadow big problems

COLONIA BORQUEZ, MEXICO — Adaptation, or the matter of adjusting to climate change, is sometimes called a cheaper, easier way to deal with some of the consequences of a warming world. But consider the battle between the United States, Mexico and Canada that was triggered here amid the vegetable farms near the California border. Read […]

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Dry Debris, Not Water, Caused Recent Flows on Mars

A dry landslide—not liquid water—is the most likely explanation for at least one of the bright streaks seen recently on Mars, a new study concludes, according to National Geographic News Service. The streaks first made waves in 2006, when scientists reported them in pictures of Martian gullies taken in 2005. According to Reuters, the scientists […]