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The Stream, April 5: Melting Glaciers, Ozone Loss
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Some of Patagonia's glaciers are melting up to 100 times faster…

The Stream, April 1: Hydrocarbons
After recent reports on NPR and The New York Times, this week…

The Stream, March 24: India-Pakistan Water Disputes
A 330-megawatt dam under construction in the Indus River Basin…

The Stream, February 22: Cholera and Climate
Investing 2 percent, or roughly $1.3 trillion, of the global…

The Stream, February 3: Australia After the Storm
While a blizzard forced many in the Midwest to hole up in their…

Deadly La Niña Goes Global—Part I: For Western Hemisphere, Record Rains in Latin America
Hundreds have died in Colombian floods, as cooler sea temperatures affect regions around the Pacific; climate change seen as a possible cause.

Murray-Darling Basin Plan Angers Australian Farmers
A government plan to reduce irrigation diversions has farmers up in arms.

Steady Rains Deliver Needed Drink to Australia’s Murray-Darling
Southeastern Australia springs back to life after 10 years of thirst.

Foreign Investors Becoming Players in Australia’s Water Market
Well-defined water rights, increasing demand, and scarcity projections are attracting investment funds from abroad.
Q&A: Mission Plastiki—Catching Wind, Storing Rain: David de Rothschild’s Quest for Pacific Plastic
Following the Plastiki's journey 11,000 miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--a Texas-sized gyre of plastic litter.

Southern Australian State Plans to Save Additional 5 Billion of Liters of Water
Australia Tackles water scarcity in New South Wales by funding projects such a recycled water for irrigation.

Taking the Pulse of Global Freshwater Issues
Circle of Blue on what’s happening and what will happen in the water world in 2010.