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The Stream, February 20: Low Water Levels May Hurt Texas Rice Industry

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February 20, 2012

Water-Food Continuing low water levels in Texas may prompt the…

The Stream, January 20: Mongolia’s Mining Boom

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January 20, 2012

Vast mineral wealth and growing demand from China are driving…

Price Volatility: Food and Water Insecurities Require Deep Pockets

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December 3, 2011

Adding pressure to already strained budgets, the price of food is expected to remain high and quite volatile on the heels of this year's extreme floods and droughts. Though price increases are occurring globally, they are hitting hardest in the developing world.

Wild rice on the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin is in the floating leaf stage by early June, with a single shoot lying on the water’s surface. This is considered one of the most critical—and and dangerous—stages in the rice’s life cycle. The plants are just beginning to change physiologically from exchanging gases with the water column to exchanging gases with the air. Therefore, they are very susceptible to heavy rains and flooding events that can either rip out the young plants by the roots, or drown them. June 6, 2011.

Where Food Grows on Water: Environmental and Human Threats to Wisconsin’s Wild Rice

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August 4, 2011

For generations, the upper Great Lakes region has boasted harvests of wild rice, growing in Lake Superior and other watersheds within the basin. But disease, dams, and climate change are now endangering the uncultivated bounty.

Rains Bring Relief For Six-Month China Drought, But Chronic Water Problems Loom

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June 10, 2011

Although now satiated, the dry spell is the latest in a growing trend of severe water shortages threatening China's food production, energy generation, and accelerating modernization.