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Climate Change Could Soak Up California's Fresh Mountain Water Runoff
2014-09-01 21:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: The Sierra Nevadas deliver freshwater runoff that could dry up if temperatures continue rising. A new study suggests rising global temperatures could cut into California's water supply by altering high-altitude vegetation. Water used to irrigate crops in the Central Valley often begins as runoff from the top of Sierra Nevada mountains. It's so cold up there, vegetation can't take root. But with global temperatures rising, that could change. "Rain or snow comes in, and the vegetation -- the...
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OHA candidate Trask heads to General Election runoff
2014-08-12 17:03:56| Airlines - Topix.net
Only one Hawaii Island candidate made it to the runoff in the race for an at-large seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees.
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Farm groups highlight efforts to reduce Lake Erie runoff, oppose regulation
2014-08-08 00:13:12| Agriculture - Topix.net
Horacio Romero of Toledo looks at algae in Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park August 4 in Oregon, Ohio.
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With GOP runoff over, Perdue and Nunn face off
2014-07-23 11:02:03| Airlines - Topix.net
By The Associated Press When U.S. and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel on Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots... The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Arizona to carry out its third execution in the past year Wednesday following a closely watched First ... (more)
Land Grant Universities Partner with Hypoxia Task Force to Coordinate Runoff Research, Programs
2014-07-10 22:40:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: EPA The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force recently announced a partnership with 12 land grant universities to support state-level strategies and actions to curb water pollution. The agreement is the first for the task force with non-governmental entities. The Hypoxia Task Force is a partnership of five federal agencies, tribes, and environmental quality, agricultural, and conservation agencies from 12 basin states working to address nutrient pollution and the hypoxic zone, or dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. read more
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