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Water Bureau Finds Two Dead Birds While Draining Mount Tabor Reservoir
2014-06-05 19:39:03| PortlandOnline
Aaron Mesh in the Willamette Week, June 04, 2014
Water Bureau Finds Two Dead Birds While Draining Mount Tabor Reservoir
2014-06-04 23:20:48| PortlandOnline
Aaron Mesh in the Willamette Week, June 04, 2014
Glaciers draining Antarctic basin destabilized, big sea level rise all but certain
2014-05-12 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: Today, researchers at UC Irvine and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have announced results indicating that glaciers across a large area of West Antarctica have been destabilized and that there is little that will stop their continuing retreat. These glaciers are all that stand between the ocean and a massive basin of ice that sits below sea level. Should the sea invade this basin, we'd be committed to several meters of sea level rise. Even in the short term, the new findings should increase our...
In California, Spigots Start Draining Pockets
2014-05-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The municipal water utility in this city, home to wide beaches, sun-kissed weekend getaways and evocative alternative scholarship, just got tough. Last week it started rationing water - for nonfarmers, the most draconian response to date to California's debilitating drought. The message to customers: Use more than your allotment, and it will cost you. A lot. Water bills below the allocation run $40 or so. Go above it, and fines pegged to the amount of excess water used will quickly double, triple...
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Lake Draining Mishap Likely a Result of Mechanical Failure
2014-04-28 23:19:01| Waste Management - Topix.net
A mechanical failure appears to be to blame for an unexpectedly fast draining of an entire lake on the campus of Piedmont Virginia Community College.
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