Aug 05 2011
Texas Town to Recycle Urine
The drought-stricken town is taking a page from NASA, which developed a urine recycling program for astronauts.
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Aug 05 2011
Texas Town to Recycle Urine
The drought-stricken town is taking a page from NASA, which developed a urine recycling program for astronauts.
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Jul 29 2011
Multiyear Drought in East Africa
Refugees seeking food security from drought and civil-war ravaged Somalia find floods instead.
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Jul 21 2011
UN Declares Famine in Southern Somalia
12 million people are battling hunger and disease as the worst drought for 60 years grips the region.
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Jul 20 2011
Getting the Dirt on Dust
Airborne dust has so many different influences on basic Earth processes large and small that no single science has a clear understanding of it.
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Jun 21 2011
Africa’s Great Wall of Trees
In what is considered a crazy plan to slow desertification, countries across Africa are planting a wall of Acacia trees.
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Jun 07 2011
Did Weather Make the Plague Worse?
A new study shows how regional climate differences controlled the intensity of outbreaks of plague in China.
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May 17 2011
Feral Camels Plague Australian Outback
Feral camels in the Australian desert are attacking air conditioning units, toilet systems and more in a desperate search for water.
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May 13 2011
China’s Yangtze River Running Dry
A mix of weather patterns across the country have left the east coast high and dry as the south struggles with flooding.
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May 10 2011
Trees Hold Thousand-Year History of El Niño
A new 1,100-year history of the El Niño cycle promises to help improve how climate models see the impact of global warming.
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