Tag: water
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Nelson Mandela, Champion of Sustainable Development, Dies at 95
Nelson Mandela, widely regarded as the father of the struggle for equality in South Africa and across the continent, died yesterday, Dec. 5, 2013 at the age of 95. [caption id="attachment_314459" align="alignnone" width="500"] Mandella became South Africa’s first black president after spending 27 years in prison for his activism against the country’s former apartheid government.…
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Climate Change Amplifies Groundwater Depletion, Threatening Food Supply
By Brett Walton A National Research Council report argues that groundwater use today is leaving society poorly prepared for potential rapid climate changes in the future. [caption id="attachment_314344" align="alignnone" width="618"] Groundwater footprints of aquifers are important for food production. At the bottom of the figure, the groundwater footprints (in gray) of six aquifers (in red,…
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Are Chemicals in Drinking Water Giving People Cancer?
Traces of 18 unregulated chemicals were found in drinking water from more than one-third of U.S. water utilities in a nationwide sampling, according to new, unpublished research by federal scientists. Included are 11 perfluorinated compounds, an herbicide, two solvents, caffeine, an antibacterial compound, a metal and an antidepressant, reports Environmental Health News. [caption id=”attachment_314320″ align=”alignnone”…
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Arctic Ocean: Carbon Sink or Carbon Source?
By Jennifer Chu For the past three decades, as the climate has warmed, the massive plates of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean have shrunk: in 2007, scientists observed nearly 50 percent less summer ice than had been seen in 1980. [caption id="attachment_314190" align="alignnone" width="500"] While the Arctic Ocean as a whole seems to be…
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Breaking: 900,000 Dead, Thousands More Maimed
Will a death toll of 900,000 be the body count it takes for the public to finally say enough, already? Or will it also take another set of grisly photographs of maimed bodies, deformed skulls, misshapen mouths and twisted spines? The breaking news out of Wilmington, NC today has both. Unfortunately, this latest episode is…