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As Drought Intensifies, 2 States Dig In Over Water War

2013-02-06 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Epic water battles are the stuff of history and legend, especially in the West. And as a severe drought drags on in the Midwest, a water war is being waged over a river that irrigates agriculture in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. It's that last border crossing where this water war is under way. Kansas has gone to the Supreme Court to argue that Nebraska uses too much water from the Republican River, and that there's not enough left for Kansas farmers. In Clifton, Kan., on the short end of the...

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Nebraska's lingering drought could be the first

2013-02-05 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

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Drought causes ripple effect along mighty Mississippi River

2013-02-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The persistent drought is raising questions about how the Mississippi River is managed - both upstream and down. While cargo traffic upriver has gotten lots of attention, the drought is creating a different set of problems downriver at the mouth of the Mississippi, where saltwater has encroached. An old-fashioned staff river gauge behind the New Orleans district office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows the Mississippi is running just shy of 6 feet above sea level at the river bend....

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U.S. Spring Crop Season Jeopardized as Drought Persists

2013-02-01 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The unrelenting drought gripping key farming states in the U.S. Plains shows no signs of abating, and it will take a deluge of snow or rain to restore critical moisture to farmland before spring planting of new crops, a climate expert said on Thursday. "It's not a pretty picture," said climatologist Mark Svoboda of the University of Nebraska's Drought Mitigation Center. Precipitation in the Plains region has been 3-6 inches shy of normal levels since October, and some areas are nearly 16 inches...

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U.S. Drought Hangs Tough Through January

2013-01-31 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: People all across the West, Plains and Southeast continued to hold their breath this week, as another seven days of below-average precipitation and above-average temperatures brought little to no reprieve to the historic drought conditions that have plagued these areas since early last spring. Some areas, such as Texas and Georgia, have been suffering from drought since early 2011. Conditions deteriorated in several places this week, according to the updated U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday....

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