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Aral Sea's Eastern Basin Is Dry for First Time in 600 Years
2014-10-01 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Once the fourth largest lake in the world, Central Asia's shrinking Aral Sea has reached a new low, thanks to decades-old water diversions for irrigation and a more recent drought. Satellite imagery released this week by NASA shows that the eastern basin of the freshwater body is now completely dry. "It is likely the first time it has completely dried in 600 years, since medieval desiccation associated with diversion of Amu Darya [river] to the Caspian Sea," Philip Micklin, an Aral Sea expert...
South Aral Sea basin is now "completely dried"
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: The Aral Sea--a huge part of it at least--is no more. According to NASA, "for the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has completely dried.' Humans have been farming the Aral Sea area in Central Asia for centuries, and the lake has gone through spectacular boom-and-bust cycles in the past. But the lake hasn't been this dry in a long, long time. Speaking with NASA, Philip Micklin, a geographer emeritus from Western Michigan University, said, "it is likely the first...
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North Dakota PSC Unanimously Approves Proposed Basin Electric Transmission Project
2014-09-26 15:01:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously approved a transmission project proposed by Basin Electric Power Cooperative during a hearing in Bismarck, North Dakota. read more
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Australia approves Adanis North Galilee Basin Rail project
2014-09-26 01:00:00| Railway Technology
India-based Adani Enterprises has received approval from the Australian Government for the North Galilee Basin Rail project (NGBR).
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ExxonMobil Continues To Increase Wolfcamp Position In Permian Basin
2014-09-22 12:56:29| chemicalonline News Articles
Exxon Mobil Corporation recently announced it entered into a non-monetary exchange agreement with LINN Energy, LLC to add 17,800 net acres in the Permian Basin to its U.S. oil and natural gas portfolio managed by subsidiary XTO Energy Inc.
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