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West's Water Woes May Be Permanent

Diminishing snowcap, shrinking reservoirs could 'wipe out' states

Oct 21, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials out West are worried about water, the New York Times reports, and not just for the short-term. In what the Times calls the "other water problem" caused by global warming, snowcaps that feed the the Colorado River—which quenches the thirst of 30 million people in seven states—... More »

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environment • California • drought • global warming • water • Arizona • New Mexico • Utah • Wyoming • Nevada • Colorado

Hudson River Gets Ready for Its Close-Up

Scientists set out to uncover 315-mile waterway's secrets

Sep 5, 07 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Hudson River is about to go on display. The 315 miles of New York (and New Jersey) water will be outfitted with sensors that collect data and track environmental threats, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The effort will improve understanding of human impact on ecology and will direct resource... More »

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environment • water • New Jersey • New York • shipping • Hudson River • purification • sewage

Great Lake Getting Less Superior

Aug 15, 07 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Water levels in Lake Superior are down a whole foot this year, and scientists say man is to blame. The world's largest body of fresh water by surface area has suffered an on-and-off drought for four years, but levels may reach an all-time low this summer. Climate change is partially... More »

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climate change • environment • water • erosion • Great Lakes • Lake Superior • lake • fresh water

500 Dead in Bangladesh Floods

Nearly 500 dead, thousands ill as waters recede

Aug 15, 07 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 500 people have died in Bangladesh as devastating floods hit the low-lying country in recent weeks, Reuters reports. 38 died last night, including two from water-borne diseases that have sickened thousands more. Flood waters have receded, but millions remain homeless. "They hardly have a roof on their heads... More »

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water • disease • flood • homeless • illness • Bangladesh • water borne illness

Chicago Puts
Bottled Water
Tax on Tap

You jog?
You chug?
You pay?

Aug 14, 07 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - With bottled water getting bad marks from environmentalists and Chicago eager to green up its act, a city alderman has proposed a first: a 25-cent tax on bottled water. George Cardenas says that not only is all that plastic a disaster, but drinking bottled water cuts consumption of Chicago's own... More »

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bottled water • Chicago • taxes • water • environmentalism • Richard Daley • plastic • George Cardenas • drinking water

Angkor What?: Cambodian Dig Unearths Megacity

Ancient city was once world's largest

Aug 14, 07 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cambodia's famed Angkor—usually penciled into guidebooks thanks to its eponymous 12th-century temple—was once the world's biggest city, new research by University of Sydney archaeologists shows. From the 10th century on, Angkor grew to nearly one million inhabitants and sprawled out to the size of modern-day Los Angeles. More »

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archaeology • water • Asia • Cambodia • Angkor • canals • University of Sydney • metropolis • Angkor Wat

Disease Fears Shadow Flood Victims

Relief workers struggle to supply food, medicine to waterlogged South Asia

Aug 7, 07 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Humanitarian efforts have come up short following massive floods in South Asia, sparking anger throughout the region. Hard-hit areas such as India's Bihar state have seen fighting over limited food and supplies, the BBC reports. An official in Bihar says relief efforts are now in “high gear,” but... More »

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India • hunger • water • disease • flood • Nepal • monsoon • South Asia

China Flood Toll Nears 700

Millions homeless in devastating deluge

Jul 30, 07 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Massive flooding, landslides, and mudflows caused by weeks of violent rainstorms have killed 652 people in China and forced 5M out of their homes. Across the country, 452,000 houses have been destroyed, and officials are forecasting continued severe rain for China's southwest, northeast, and northwest regions in the coming... More »

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China • weather • water • flood • destruction • Red Cross • landslide

Third of Iraqis Need Critical Aid

Government of violence-riddled nation can't provide basics

Jul 30, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A third of Iraq's population—some 8 million people—are in critical need of emergency aid because they have no food, water or shelter, according to an OXFAM report detailed in the BBC. Trapped in a maelstrom of sectarian violence, the Iraqi government is unable to provide basic needs. Some... More »

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Iraq • food • sectarian violence • water • children • poverty • OXFAM • sanitation • Iraq government • Iraq war

UK Restores Water to Flooded Areas

Supply turned back on for 54K homes; still not safe to drink or cook

Jul 29, 07 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Water supplies are returning to thousands of homes in England after torrential rain flooded the area in an and around Gloucester and knocked out a water treatment plant. Reinstated water will not be potable, warn officials, and should not be used to cook, make ice, or brush teeth. More »

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weather • water • United Kingdom • England • flood • Gloucester • Britain

Darfur Lake Is Dried Up, Draining Hope

Huge underground lake, a hope for peace, emptied 5K years ago

Jul 20, 07 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hopes for an enormous underground lake discovered recently in Darfur might supply enough water to end starvation and violence in the area were dimmed by a second opinion from  a French geologist. The area receives too little rain and has the wrong type of rocks for water storage, said a... More »

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Africa • Darfur • genocide • water • Boston • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • lake • geologist • resources • Darfuris

Darfur Hopes Lie in Hidden Lake

A hidden lake could spur 1,000 wells and quell deadly competition over resources in Darfur

Jul 18, 07 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A giant lake discovered beneath Darfur could lead to resolution of the conflict in the region, where genocide has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Darfuris and 2 million people have been left homeless since 2003, the BBC reports. Radar revealed the ancient body of water, comparable in... More »

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climate change • Darfur • genocide • water • Sudan • lake • radar • Lake Erie • Arabs • farmer

Planet with Water Discovered

HD 189733b holds superheated water vapor but is too hot for aliens

Jul 11, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Astronomers located the first planet beyond our solar system that hosts water—a giant gas ball bigger than Jupiter and named HD 189733b. Its sizzling climate, which can reach upwards of 3,600 degrees, renders it uninhabitable to any extraterrestrials, but the discovery shows that water is more common in... More »

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NASA • water • European Space Agency • planet • space • extraterrestrial life • Spitzer orbiting telescope • wobble • light • aliens • HD189733b • Vulpecula the Fox • Jupiter • discovery

Oil Spill Worsens Floods

Malfunction at Kansas factory unleashes gallons of crude into water torrents

Jul 3, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The floods overwhelming the Midwest worsened today as 42,000 gallons of crude oil accidentally released from a refinery on Sunday made its way farther downstream. A malfunction at a plant in Coffeyville, Kan., on the Oklahoma border, contaminated flood waters with a thick, pungent layer of sludge that threatens... More »

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environment • Midwest • water • oil spill • Kansas • flood • safety • contamination • Oklahoma • Oologah Lake

Southwest Water Crisis Looms

Global warming leading to long periods of severe drought

Apr 6, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Permanent drought could strike the Southwest U.S. by 2050, thanks to global warming, and experts predict water wars, as cities and farmers face shortages. Computer models show that the drying has already begun. Jonathan Overpeck, a climate researcher at the University of Arizona, says the data tell “a... More »

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environment • drought • global warming • Southwest • water

Restaurants Ban Bottled Water

Mar 22, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh-food pioneer Chez Panisse has joined a growing number of San Francisco–area restaurants in striking bottled water from the menu. The decision to serve local tap water only—flat or carbonated in-house—comes from an effort to cut down on the packaging waste and energy used shipping bottles. More »

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climate change • environment • sustainable living • bottled water • conservation • water • environmentalism • waste • restaurant • privatization

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