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The Stream, September 25: Oceans & Clouds
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Oceans
In a new study, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric…
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Florida Oyster Harvest Suffers As Drought Intensifies Water Battle with Georgia and Alabama
The drought that set upon the United States this year has tightened a three-state tug-of-war over fresh water, affecting marine life and a valuable fishing economy downstream in the Deep South's Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, the most biodiverse river system in North America.
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Reporting From Apalachicola, Florida: A Thousand Straws Stress River Basin
Reporter Codi Yeager visits the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, where a severe drought is putting pressure on vital freshwater supplies for farms, cities, industries, and ecosystems in three Southeast states.
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Red Tide Downstream of Texas Drought: Marine Ecosystems Suffer Lack of Fresh Water
High temperatures and salinity concentrations along the Texas Gulf Coast are behind a toxic red tide, fish kills, and an influx of oyster parasites. Additionally, several saltwater species have been found upstream, surviving in a typically freshwater environment and signaling a large change in these delta ecosystems.
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Water conservation is water conservation, except when it isn’t
In the ongoing water wars between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama,…