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Science is about to learn a whole lot about how climate change, drought affect crops
2015-07-09 19:20:49| Extremetech
A new approach to data analysis is helping scientists better understand agricultural patterns -- thanks to data from orbiting satellites.
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Tom Selleck cast as villain of California drought in lawsuit alleging water theft
2015-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: He possesses Hollywoods lushest moustache a thick, luxuriant growth which seems to enhance the virtue of the characters he plays on screen. The heroic private detective of Magnum PI, the honest police commissioner of Blue Bloods, the doting father of Three Men and a Baby, all bolstered by Tom Sellecks facial foliage. But now the actor has been cast as a villain of Hollywood for stealing truckloads of water to try and maintain a verdant ranch amid Californias drought. He allegedly looted...
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Southern African Drought Hammers Red Meat Production
2015-07-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AFRICA - Poultry and red meat producers in Southern Africa are bracing for a steep rise in feed costs after drought conditions affected South Africa, the biggest grain producer in the region, writes Tawanda Korombo.
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Recreation In Oregon Abounds Despite Drought
2015-07-08 04:22:05| publicworks Home Page
Travel Oregon, in partnership with Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, the Oregon Marine Board, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of State Lands, wants to remind Oregonians and visitors: Recreation abounds throughout the state, whether water-based recreation or otherwise
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California drought sends US water agency back to drawing board
2015-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Drew Lessard stood on top of Folsom Dam and gazed at the Sierra Nevada, which in late spring usually gushes enough melting snow into the reservoir to provide water for a million people. But the mountains were bare, and the snowpack to date remains the lowest on measured record. If theres no snowpack, theres no water, said Mr. Lessard, a regional manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that built and operates a vast network of 476 dams, 348 reservoirs and 8,116 miles of aqueducts...
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