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Rising Seas + Dams + Aquifer Pumping = Delta Blues
2014-03-28 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Gardiner Harris has a comprehensive feature in The Times today taking a close look at the impact of advancing seas and sinking landscapes on Bangladesh, with a related story taking a global look at sea-level rise from global warming. Therell be much more from The Times in the next few days as Justin Gillis reports from Yokohama, Japan, on the scheduled release on Monday of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Whats...
Congress Focuses on Dams Amid California's Drought
2014-03-24 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: California's drought has sparked a new push by federal lawmakers to create or expand a handful of reservoirs around the state, ramping up a political battle that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger once referred to as a "holy war in some ways." Government agencies have been studying five major water storage projects for nearly two decades, with nothing to show for the effort so far. Meanwhile, the state's water problems have only grown worse. California has had its third relatively dry winter...
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American Hereford Association Announces 2013 Dams, Sires of Distinction
2014-03-20 14:07:50| Beef
For 2013, 2,386 Hereford cows from 679 Hereford performance herds in 43 states earned the honor of being named a Dam of Distinction by the American Hereford Association (AHA). For 33 years Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D., has led Hereford breeders with the most cows qualifying as Dams of Distinction. With 381 cows recognized, South Dakota is the top state again this year. read more
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Controversial Amazon dams may have exacerbated biblical flooding
2014-03-16 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Environmentalists and scientists raised howls of protest when the Santo Antônio and Jirau Dams were proposed for the Western Amazon in Brazil, claiming among other issues that the dams would raise water levels on the Madeira River, potentially leading to catastrophic flooding. It turns out they may have been right: last week a federal Brazilian court ordered a new environmental impact study on the dams given suspicion that they have worsened recent flooding in Brazil and across the border in Bolivia....
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Get Rid of Heavy Roof Snow Now to Prevent Damage From Ice Dams!
2014-03-12 15:09:25| About Home Repair
Ice dams are best prevented in the summer when you can solve the root cause of the problem which is usually poor roof ventilation. But this is not that day. When heavy snow falls in a short period of time, ice dams are just around the corner. The best way to prevent them in winter is by battling heavy snow drifts on your roof's edge soon after the snow falls....Read Full Post
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