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Rooted in the Land, One Kansas Rancher Manages the Ecosystem as a Whole

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Sunlight, soil, water, ruminants – it is all a big cycle at…

This Is India — TII

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A correspondent's thoughts on food, wildlife, transport, and…

Snow Fail

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California’s drought is a preview of the latter half of the 21st century.

Choke Point: Meghalaya’s “Swiss-Cheesed” Hills, Increasing Violence a Stark Reminder of Cost of Coal

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To the best of anyone’s knowledge – and that includes a tribunal of senior jurists who heard testimony in the state capitol, Shillong, on January 24 – 15 men drowned in a coal mine in Meghalaya’s mineral-rich Garo Hills on July 6, 2012.
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Groundhog Day & California’s Drought

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Like the 1993 classic film starring Bill Murray, the state is stuck in a perpetual time loop of drought, wildfire, and civic dispute, according to managing editor Aubrey Ann Parker.
An unstoppable force of American folk culture, Pete performed here at 87 years old. Croton Point, NY, June 2006

Pete Seeger’s Lifetime of Water Songs

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An unstoppable force of American folk culture, Pete performed at Croton Point, New York, at 87 years old in June 2006. <
The Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, completed in 2007, is large enough to hold 40,000 worshippers.
Top 50 Water Blogs 2013 Circle of Blue

#1 in Top 50 Water Blogs of 2013

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Did you see that Circle of Blue was ranked #1 in the "content excellence" category on the list of Top 50 Water Blogs of 2013?
The 1989 revolution that ended Communist rule and freed the Czech people is a vivid example of human persistence and valor.

As We Use More Water, Consume More Energy and Grain, The Earth Is Pushing Back Hard

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PRAGUE -- City Square erupted at the start of the 2014 New Year with a deafening and blazing midnight fusilade of rockets and cannon blasts.

California’s Historically Dry 2013 Redefines Drought

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Even the soggy parts of California saw less rain than Phoenix.

Texas A&M University Unveils North American Soil Moisture Database

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The database is one step toward better information about the…

Torrent of Water and Questions Pour From India’s Himalayas

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One year later, Circle of Blue's senior editor Keith Schneider returns to India for our second round of reporting on water, food, energy problems in the region.