New scientific models of the way the climate in the United States will evolve over the course of the next four decades show that Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be most affected by increasing heat waves, which will boost the average temperatures up by a significant amount. The computer model also reveals ... |
28 May 2009
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The state of California has been, over the last three years, under what's possibly the most severe dry spell the region has registered in a long time. Because of the drought that has affected most of its territory, the area now has to ration water, according to the LA Department of Water and Power (DWP), the lar... |
18 February 2009
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A new computer model shows that droughts triggered by global warming will in the future affect the Amazon so hard, that it could cause a widespread drought, which will in turn have devastating consequences on the world. If the rain forest in the Amazon region burns, then the rain patterns throughout the globe will ch... |
10 February 2009
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Because in recent years worldwide carbonated drinks have decreased, the Coca Cola franchise has moved a large part of its activities in the bottling of tap water sector. The “Dasani” brand is owned by the company, which has managed to keep up its international sales at very high levels, among other produc... |
23 December 2008
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Because drought years see less rain, land managers use these times to burn deeper and deeper inside forests, as the trees are very dry and burn more easily, and the danger of the fire being put out by the rain is negligible. But the lack of rain also means that tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide, previously stored ... |
9 December 2008
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New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced last week that some areas of the country would most likely suffer the effects of a long-lasting drought, making this the second year in a row when people in the eastern part of the country are deprived of regular amounts of rainf... |
28 November 2008
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There's no life without water, from elephants and humans to bacteria. We must consume 2.5 liters of water from food and beverage to remain healthy. Water is also necessary for livestock and farming, the means for producing our food. Our planet could be covered by a global ocean 2.5 km (1.5 mi) deep if even. But ... |
5 December 2007
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This is one of the most mysterious cultures of the New World. The obscure native culture named Gallina occupied a small zone of northwestern New Mexico around A.D. 1100 but by 1275 they were all gone. Now, seven Gallina skeletons (five adults, one child and one infant), appearing to have been victims of a brutal mass... |
16 July 2007
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And as they do, economic and social changes will be profound enough to become a threat to homeland security. Water - either too little or too much of it - is going to be the major problem for the United States, scientists and military experts said Monday. Lack of water and food in places already the most volatile wi... |
17 April 2007
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