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Measurement Matters: Understanding Water Scarcity in an Increasingly Complex World
2014-03-21 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Security Beat: It was a scorching hot April afternoon in Keur Moussa, a small farming community about 60 kilometers outside Dakar, Senegal. The landscape was mostly barren and very dry, and a fine red dust settled into our clothes as we walked with community leaders to learn about their efforts to cope with a changing environment. In this part of the world, adapting to climate change is figuring out how to manage water: how to survive for long periods without it, and what to do when too much comes at unexpected...
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Oil Companies are Finding Ways to Skirt Water Scarcity
2014-02-09 23:22:46| Chemicals - Topix.net
Knowing full well that fracking for oil and natural gas consumes extreme amounts of freshwater, companies are becoming more innovative in their use of recycled flowback and brackish water.
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Climate Change Roulette and Water Scarcity
2013-12-25 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that climate change is likely to put 40 percent more people worldwide at risk of absolute water scarcity, due to changes in rainfall and evaporation. Unsurprisingly, the study noted that Expected future population changes will, in many countries as well as globally, increase the pressure on available water resources. With a mid-range United Nations...
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Climate change puts 40% more people at risk of absolute water scarcity, study says
2013-12-17 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Water scarcity impacts people's lives in many countries already today. Future population growth will increase the demand for freshwater even further. Yet in addition to this, on the supply side, water resources will be affected by projected changes in rainfall and evaporation. Climate change due to unabated greenhouse-gas emissions within our century is likely to put 40 percent more people at risk of absolute water scarcity than would be without climate change, a new study shows by using an unprecedented...
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Great Lakes Ecosystems Threatened by Food Scarcity
2013-12-12 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Declines of the food resources that feed lake organisms are likely causing dramatic changes in the Great Lakes, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study. USGS scientists and partners found that since 1998, water clarity has been increasing in a majority of the Great Lakes, while phytoplankton (the microscopic water organisms that feed all other animals), native invertebrates and prey fish have been declining. These food web changes fundamentally affect the ecosystems valuable resources...
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