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Amazon rainforest more able to withstand drought than previously thought
2013-12-04 11:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: New research suggests that the Amazon rainforest may be more able to cope with dry conditions than previously predicted. Researchers at the University of Exeter and Colorado State University used a computer model to demonstrate that, providing forest conservation measures are in place, the Amazon rainforest may be more able to withstand periods of drought than has been estimated by other climate models. Many climate models over predict the water stress plants feel during the dry season because...
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In Prosperous Oil Patch, Drillers Turn To Water Recycling To Address Drought, Waste Challenges
2013-11-27 07:05:15| oilandgasonline News Articles
When the rain stopped falling in Texas, the prairie grass yellowed, the soil cracked and oil drillers were confronted with a crisis.
U.S. Winter Outlook Dominated by Dire Drought News
2013-11-21 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Drought, and not widespread snowstorms, may be the biggest story this winter according to the official U.S. winter outlook. The outlook, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday, shows that the winter of 2013-14 is likely to feature an expansion and intensification of drought conditions across the Southwest and Southeast. That includes California, which has had its driest year on record so far in 2013, and which needs sufficient mountain snowfall this winter...
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Farm Policy Foes Overestimate Crop Drought Costs
2013-11-21 14:50:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Farm Policy Facts As the worst drought in three decades unfolded last year, opponents of farm programs almost gleefully predicted that taxpayers would be on the hook for $40 billion in crop insurance claims this past fiscal year, according to a report from Farm Policy Facts (www.farmpolicyfacts.org). read more
United Kingdom: 'Jubilee deluge saved us from drought,' reveals Tory ex-minister
2013-11-16 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was the defining image of last year's jubilee celebrations a drenched Queen Elizabeth II, then 86, and Prince Philip, then 91, standing on a barge sailing down the Thames on a wet summer's day that was more like November than June. Now the image has taken on a new significance, with the revelation that the south-east was saved from a drought that would have forced residents to get their water from standpipes on street corners by the rain that soaked the royal couple. Richard Benyon MP,...
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