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The Stream, April 25: Beijing Will Face a Water Shortage

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Water Supply in Asia Beijing's water resources are expected…

The Stream, March 21: Drought, Fire, and Kenya’s Wildlife

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Drought and Water Access A forest fire in China's Yunnan province…

The Stream, March 15: On Weather Extremes, Land Grabs and Nuclear Power

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Climate Change Australia should brace itself for higher temperatures…

The Stream, March 1: Drought Could Return to the Horn of Africa

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Africa A massive relocation program in Ethiopia is pitting village…

The Stream, January 26: The Shale Boom and the Economy

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The International Energy Agency will make shale gas recommendations…

Peter Gleick: Climate Change, Disbelief, and the Collision between Human and Geologic Time

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Geologic time scales are long – too long for the human mind to really comprehend. Over millions, and tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of years, the Earth has changed from something unrecognizable to the planet we see on maps, plastic globes, and photos from space.

The Stream, January 16: Asian Carp

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Lake Erie and some of its biggest tributary rivers have just…

The Stream, November 25: Record High Greenhouse Gases

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Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have hit record…

The Stream, November 24: Big Business and Climate Policy

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Big carbon-intensive corporations are campaigning to increase…

The Stream, November 21: World Should Brace for More Weather Extremes

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The world should brace for more record-breaking temperatures,…

The Stream, November 14: What Now for the Keystone XL Pipeline?

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The U.S. State Department’s decision to postpone its verdict…

The Stream, October 24: Climate Science

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An independent investigation by scientists at the University…