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Global groundwater crisis may get worse as the world warms
2014-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: From India to Texas, people are rapidly depleting their valuable stores of groundwater -- leading to the possibility that aquifers may be emptied within decades, a NASA researcher has warned. In a commentary published Wednesday in the journal Nature Climate Change, Jay Famiglietti, who has helped lead the use of a NASA satellite system to detect groundwater changes around the world, warned of dramatic consequences to come if changes are not made to the way that societies manage water supplies....
AGC Survey Cites Worse Shortages and Added Quality Concerns
2014-10-29 00:06:22| ENR.com: Headline News
About 86% of Southern state respondents, mostly nonunion, report problems in finding adequately skilled craft workers.
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United Kingdom: Dredging can make flooding worse, say activists
2014-10-21 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Dredging is pointless and largely ineffective, according to a coalition of environmental groups who are calling on the Government to scale down its preferred method of flood prevention. The Blueprint for Water coalition, which represents groups such as the RSPB, the Angling Trust and Friends of the Earth, is urging the Government to spend money earmarked for dredging on more effective alternative flood-control methods such as improved drainage systems. The warning comes as remnants of Hurricane...
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Nurse on flights may have had worse case of Ebola
2014-10-18 08:09:06| Airlines - Topix.net
The president of Frontier Airlines says a nurse who was on flights between Dallas and Cleveland and who later tested positive for Ebola may have been at a more advanced stage of the illness than previously thought. Barry Biffle emailed employees Friday about the findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When Helping Hands Make a Disaster Worse
2014-10-07 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Relief work done by emergency responders during natural disasters may inadvertently exacerbate problems caused by climate change and lead to further disasters, recent reports suggest. When heavy rains caused nearly 20 million dollars in losses in Diego Martin, western Trinidad, in 2012, emergency responders moved rapidly to provide relief to affected residents, some of whom lost their homes.An estimated 50,000 trees would be needed to offset the carbon emissions from Haiti's discarded tents if...
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