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New research using high-tech tools to measure the moisture in trees found that 120 million trees across nearly every part of California are at risk of dying. ...
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As planetary boundaries are rapidly being approached, humanity has little room for additional expansion and conventional intensification of agriculture, while ...
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The draft Environment Agency planning guidelines for PR19 outline that water companies “need to know how much water is reliably available to supply your ...
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Access to clean water has become a global crisis, but in India, that problem is particularly acute: 99 million people there do not have access to clean water ...
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The tipping point is here, and utilities are learning the best ways to prevent water loss and protect revenue May you live in interesting times. Though ...
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Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields. For the ...
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The D.C. metro area, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), which represents local governments and city agencies, has launched a public ...
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Nanoscientists at the Univeristy of Alicante have modified a commonly used compound, titanium dioxide, turning it from white to black to boost its efficiency ...
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Thanks to an innovative energy-saving solar-based water purification technology, rural areas in Bangladesh are now able to access safe drinking water. The ...
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As pharmaceuticals taint rivers and lakes, scientists search for solutions. About 90 percent of pharmaceuticals found in the environment arrive there after ...
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report last year that showed the nation’s water grid, not just its electric grid, was also vulnerable to ...
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Two Drexel University students, Mohamed Zerban and Connor White, are confident that they can use silicon technology to save the world, one drop of water at a ...
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Coca Cola Foundation Philippines was established by The Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines all about water and youth For Maria Cecilia ...
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