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Pakistan: Women Turn Drought into Lesson on Sustainability
2015-03-17 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: When a group of women in the remote village of Sadhuraks in Pakistan's Thar Desert, some 800 km from the port city of Karachi, were asked if they would want to be born a woman in their next life, the answer from each was a resounding "no'. They have every reason to be unhappy with their gender, mostly because of the unequal division of labour between men and women in this vast and arid region that forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. "South Asian countries need to realise the tremendous...
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Washington state rain no cure drought, due to bleak snowpack
2015-03-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Californians take note: It is possible to have rain - lots of it - and still be plagued by drought. Just look at tiny Forks, Wash., which bills itself as the wettest town in the contiguous United States. As of Thursday, 26.6 inches of rain had fallen on the Olympic Peninsula hamlet since Jan. 1, nearly twice what Los Angeles averages in an entire year. And yet on Friday, Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee declared droughts on the Olympic Peninsula, which has three separate rainforests; as well as on...
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Lake Tahoe: Drought, climate change threatening winter, way of life at iconic landmark
2015-03-14 21:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury News: There's something disconcerting about life at Lake Tahoe these days. It's still winter, but visitors are renting bikes instead of snowshoes and kayaks instead of skis. Come summer -- without last-ditch torrential rains -- the lake level is expected to be at such a historic low that some marinas will have to dredge for boats to launch. Jumping off the end of a pier could result in a rock-hard landing. California's epic drought, entering its perilous fourth year, has combined with a pattern of...
How Portlanders may get to enjoy early spring now and avoid drought later
2015-03-10 16:46:57| PortlandOnline
Wendy Culverwell in the Portland Business Journal, March 9, 2015
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Drought Weakens the Amazons Ability to Capture Carbon
2015-03-09 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: During drought, trees across the Amazon continue to stretch their limbs. But they shirk one of their more important, planet-saving tasks: inhaling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the drought of 2010, the ability of the Amazon's trees, shrubs, bushes and vines to absorb carbon was greatly diminished, according to new research that used on-the-ground measurements for the first time. That data reveals a slightly higher estimate than recent computer and satellite studies and paints a worrisome...
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