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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lack of Water Has Lasting Effects in Kansas and Texas - Slide Show - NYTimes.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Lack_of_Water_Has_Lasting_Effects_in_Kansas_and_Texas_-_Slide_Show_-_NYTimes-com</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Raising crops without irrigation is far cheaper, but yields are far lower. Drought is a constant threat: the last two dry-land harvests were all but wiped out by poor rains. A few miles west of Mr. Yost\'s farm, Nathan Kells cut back on irrigation when his wells began to falter in the last decade and shifted his focus to raising dairy heifers - 9,000 on that farm, and thousands more elsewhere.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High Plains Aquifer Dwindles, Hurting Farmers - NYTimes.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=High_Plains_Aquifer_Dwindles_Hurting_Farmers_-_NYTimes-com</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=High_Plains_Aquifer_Dwindles_Hurting_Farmers_-_NYTimes-com</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:05:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=High_Plains_Aquifer_Dwindles_Hurting_Farmers_-_NYTimes-com</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lack of water has a lasting effect on Kansas and Texas. The water available of fresh water is declining sharply as competition over water resources depletes groundwater.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flooding threatens one in four London properties]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Flooding_threatens_one_in_four_London_properties</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Flooding_threatens_one_in_four_London_properties</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One in four London properties, collectively worth around £250bn, are at risk of flooding, according to official assessments of the dangers now facing homes in England and Wales. Ten of the top 25 most at-risk local authority areas across England and Wales are now London boroughs. The environment agency's 2013 national flood risk assessment, unpublished but seen by the Guardian, shows that London <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UKs climate change adaptation team cut from 38 officials to just six]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=UKs_climate_change_adaptation_team_cut_from_38_officials_to_just_six</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=UKs_climate_change_adaptation_team_cut_from_38_officials_to_just_six</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=UKs_climate_change_adaptation_team_cut_from_38_officials_to_just_six</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The number of people employed by the government to work on the UK's response to the effects of climate change has been cut from 38 officials to just six, triggering accusations that David Cameron's promise to be the greenest government has been abandoned. The UK is facing a multi-billion pound bill over the next few years for the costs of adapting to the effects of climate change - including floo<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LEED: &quot;Transforming&quot; the built environment]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=LEED_Transforming_the_built_environment</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=LEED_Transforming_the_built_environment</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:40:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program is gaining traction in corporate and public buildings because it provides optimum performance and energy efficiency, Daniel Schneckenburger writes. While opponents from chemical and forestry groups criticize LEED, but the bipartisan Shaheen-Portman bill in the Senate promotes LEED for use by manufacturers, in building codes and in government building<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For first time, single-day CO2 tops 400 ppm]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=For_first_time_single-day_CO2_tops_400_ppm</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=For_first_time_single-day_CO2_tops_400_ppm</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:01:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million for the first time in recorded history on Thursday, according to data from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers develop new index to diagnose causes of water scarcity]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Researchers_develop_new_index_to_diagnose_causes_of_water_scarcity</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Researchers_develop_new_index_to_diagnose_causes_of_water_scarcity</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Researchers_develop_new_index_to_diagnose_causes_of_water_scarcity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the water management perspective, water scarcity is an unacceptable risk of facing water shortages to serve water demands in the near future. Water scarcity may be temporary and related to drought conditions or other accidental situation, or may be permanent and due to deeper causes such as excessive demand growth, lack of infrastructure for water storage or transport, or constraints in wate<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western U.S. Snowpack - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_Opens_New_Era_in_Measuring_Western_U-S-_Snowpack_-_NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_Opens_New_Era_in_Measuring_Western_U-S-_Snowpack_-_NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how much water they hold.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate Change News:  Mount Everest glaciers have shrunk 13% in 50 years]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_Change_News__Mount_Everest_glaciers_have_shrunk_13_in_50_years</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_Change_News__Mount_Everest_glaciers_have_shrunk_13_in_50_years</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_Change_News__Mount_Everest_glaciers_have_shrunk_13_in_50_years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Glaciers in the Mount Everest region have shrunk by 13 percent and the snow-line has shifted 180 meters (590 feet) higher during the past 50 years, a new study found. This might be linked to higher carbon  dioxide levels, less precipitation, higher temperatures and climate change.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_Study_Projects_Warming-Driven_Changes_in_Global_Rainfall</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_Study_Projects_Warming-Driven_Changes_in_Global_Rainfall</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:39:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_Study_Projects_Warming-Driven_Changes_in_Global_Rainfall</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study Finds Loss of Rain Forests Can Deplete Hydropower - NYTimes.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Study_Finds_Loss_of_Rain_Forests_Can_Deplete_Hydropower_-_NYTimes-com</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Study_Finds_Loss_of_Rain_Forests_Can_Deplete_Hydropower_-_NYTimes-com</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:57:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Study_Finds_Loss_of_Rain_Forests_Can_Deplete_Hydropower_-_NYTimes-com</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new study found up that the loss of rain forests in countries like Brazil will reduce rainfall as well as depleting hydropower generation.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Soil and Groundwater Remediation.mov - YouTube]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Soil_and_Groundwater_Remediation-mov_-_YouTube-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Soil_and_Groundwater_Remediation-mov_-_YouTube-1</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Soil_and_Groundwater_Remediation-mov_-_YouTube-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[HC-2000 is a Biostimulation and biosurfactant agent developed by Remtech Engineers that has been used on over 100 sites to bioremediate soil and groundwater contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and solvents. Recent biodegradation efficacy testing and range finding freshwater toxicity testing demonstrates that HC-2000 outperforms degradation efficiencies and is less toxic than other products o<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WaterWaterWater (Photo)]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WaterWaterWater_Photo</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WaterWaterWater_Photo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A nice break. Check it out.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Agricultural and Biofuel News:  Rocky Mountain Snow Packs]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Agricultural_and_Biofuel_News__Rocky_Mountain_Snow_Packs</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Agricultural_and_Biofuel_News__Rocky_Mountain_Snow_Packs</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:24:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Agricultural_and_Biofuel_News__Rocky_Mountain_Snow_Packs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Climate change is mainly responsible for the loss of 20 percent of the Rocky Mountains snow packs since the 1980's.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WATER QUALITY: Cocaine, chemicals common in Minn. lakes - KMSP-TV]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WATER_QUALITY_Cocaine_chemicals_common_in_Minn-_lakes_-_KMSP-TV</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WATER_QUALITY_Cocaine_chemicals_common_in_Minn-_lakes_-_KMSP-TV</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:24:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WATER_QUALITY_Cocaine_chemicals_common_in_Minn-_lakes_-_KMSP-TV</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Traces of chemicals from common household products, legal prescription medications and illegal drugs are common in Minnesota lakes, according to a study released Monday. Scientists from the Minnesota Pollution Control agency chose 50 lakes at random and tested them for 125 chemicals, including substances that mimic or interfere with the actions of naturally occurring hormones.The common insect re<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HOW TO TEST DRINKING WATER QUALITY - YouTube]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=HOW_TO_TEST_DRINKING_WATER_QUALITY_-_YouTube-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=HOW_TO_TEST_DRINKING_WATER_QUALITY_-_YouTube-1</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:58:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=HOW_TO_TEST_DRINKING_WATER_QUALITY_-_YouTube-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ignore the first part of the video. This video demonstrates how to test the water quality.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenlands Future Ice Melt May Slow | Climate Change | OurAmazingPlanet.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Greenlands_Future_Ice_Melt_May_Slow__Climate_Change__OurAmazingPlanet-com</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Greenlands_Future_Ice_Melt_May_Slow__Climate_Change__OurAmazingPlanet-com</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:57:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Greenlands_Future_Ice_Melt_May_Slow__Climate_Change__OurAmazingPlanet-com</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers say the rapid melting of Greenland's outlet glaciers should soon begin to slow. A study by glaciologists at the University Center in Svalbard, Norway, predicts that narrow fjords and other natural processes will slow the melting -- but overall ice loss may continue. &quot;Now we know for sure that the warmer atmosphere and ocean will result in further mass loss,&quot; said lead study author Fae<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fresh_Analysis_of_the_Pace_of_Warming_and_Sea-Level_Rise</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fresh_Analysis_of_the_Pace_of_Warming_and_Sea-Level_Rise</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:58:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fresh_Analysis_of_the_Pace_of_Warming_and_Sea-Level_Rise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here are two useful articles assessing the latest thinking on the pace at which Greenland ice loss could raise sea levels and the implications of the recent plateau in global temperatures (one acknowledged by climate scientists including Susan Solomon and James Hansen):Michael Lemonick at Climate Central writes on new research finding it\'s unlikely that the recent surge of ice flowing into th<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinians Protest illegal Israeli Theft of Water Rights | Informed Comment]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Palestinians_Protest_illegal_Israeli_Theft_of_Water_Rights__Informed_Comment-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Palestinians_Protest_illegal_Israeli_Theft_of_Water_Rights__Informed_Comment-1</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Palestinians_Protest_illegal_Israeli_Theft_of_Water_Rights__Informed_Comment-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Palestinians staged a protest march on Wednesday to protest Israeli denial to their villages of their water rights. Israelis now take 80% of the water from the Palestinian West Bank and each Israeli gets far more water per day than each Palestinian. The Israelis coerce the Palestine authorities into arrangements whereby Israeli squatters get the lion\'s share of water.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenlands Future Ice Melt May Slow]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Greenlands_Future_Ice_Melt_May_Slow-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Greenlands_Future_Ice_Melt_May_Slow-1</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:12:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Greenlands_Future_Ice_Melt_May_Slow-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greenland's galloping glaciers will likely slow their rapid retreat in the coming century, scientists project based on a new computer modeling study.In the study, published today (May 8) in the journal Nature, researchers resolve one of the biggest uncertainties about Greenland's future contributions to sea-level rise: the behavior of its outlet glaciers. These massive ice rivers drain to the<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Americas first climate refugees]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Americas_first_climate_refugees</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Americas_first_climate_refugees</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:39:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Americas_first_climate_refugees</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The people of Newtok, on the west coast of Alaska and about 400 miles south of the Bering Strait that separates the state from Russia, are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away. The Ninglick River coils around Newtok on three sides before emptying into the Bering Sea. It has steadily been eating away at the<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One-third of animal species will be hit by climate change, scientists warn]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=One-third_of_animal_species_will_be_hit_by_climate_change_scientists_warn</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=One-third_of_animal_species_will_be_hit_by_climate_change_scientists_warn</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:33:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=One-third_of_animal_species_will_be_hit_by_climate_change_scientists_warn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One-third of common land animals could see dramatic losses this century because of climate change, scientists predict. More than half of plants could be hit the same way as habitats become unsuitable for numerous species. The collapse of ecosystems would have major economic impacts on agriculture, air quality, clean water access, and tourism. Global temperatures are set to rise 4C above preindust<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Miami Sea Levels Will Rise Flooding Streets]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Miami_Sea_Levels_Will_Rise_Flooding_Streets</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Miami_Sea_Levels_Will_Rise_Flooding_Streets</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Miami_Sea_Levels_Will_Rise_Flooding_Streets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Three major sewage plants in South Florida could be reduced to shrinking islands in less than 50 years due to climate change, according to a group of climate scientists.The scientists believe rising sea level will threaten some of the region's most vital facilities. It will also flood land, streets and neighborhoods nearby, The Miami Herald reported Sunday.The scenario was drawn up by fiv<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peak oil, climate change and pipeline geopolitics driving Syria conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Peak_oil_climate_change_and_pipeline_geopolitics_driving_Syria_conflict</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Peak_oil_climate_change_and_pipeline_geopolitics_driving_Syria_conflict</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:39:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Peak_oil_climate_change_and_pipeline_geopolitics_driving_Syria_conflict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The civil war in Syria has been devastating, generating a death toll fast approaching 100,000, while uprooting millions of civilians from their homes. But as the US and Russia signed an unprecedented accord on Wednesday in search of a political solution to an increasingly intractable conflict, its underlying causes in a fatal convergence of energy, climate and economic factors remain little under<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Will a Doubling of Carbon Dioxide Mean for Climate? - NYTimes.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_Will_a_Doubling_of_Carbon_Dioxide_Mean_for_Climate_-_NYTimes-com</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_Will_a_Doubling_of_Carbon_Dioxide_Mean_for_Climate_-_NYTimes-com</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_Will_a_Doubling_of_Carbon_Dioxide_Mean_for_Climate_-_NYTimes-com</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The ongoing debate between scientists about the temperature of the earth as a result of doubling Carbon dioxide. The range of change is still quite huge, however studies predict a further increase in the temperature.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Droughts and floods 'will be common events in Britain']]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Droughts_and_floods_will_be_common_events_in_Britain-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Droughts_and_floods_will_be_common_events_in_Britain-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:31:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Droughts_and_floods_will_be_common_events_in_Britain-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Britain faces increasingly extreme weather conditions and urgently needs to improve its anti-flood defences and preparations for severe drought, says the Environment Agency.Its stark conclusion follows detailed analysis of weather patterns, river levels and flooding events in 2012, which revealed that some areas suffered record levels of drought before facing some of the worst flooding ever.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Two Thirds of Ocean Life Remains Undiscovered  - US News and World Report]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Two_Thirds_of_Ocean_Life_Remains_Undiscovered__-_US_News_and_World_Report</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Two_Thirds_of_Ocean_Life_Remains_Undiscovered__-_US_News_and_World_Report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to the article, two third o PDF the ocean life still remain undiscovered till today. Despite an increasing rate of species discovery, as much as 95 percent of the world's oceans remain unexplored.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fresh_Analysis_of_the_Pace_of_Warming_and_Sea-Level_Rise-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fresh_Analysis_of_the_Pace_of_Warming_and_Sea-Level_Rise-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fresh_Analysis_of_the_Pace_of_Warming_and_Sea-Level_Rise-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here are two useful articles assessing the latest thinking on the pace at which Greenland ice loss could raise sea levels and the implications of the recent plateau in global temperatures (one acknowledged by climate scientists including Susan Solomon and James Hansen):Michael Lemonick at Climate Central writes on new research finding it\'s unlikely that the recent surge of ice flowing into th<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Video Primer On The Power Of Marine Energy]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=A_Video_Primer_On_The_Power_Of_Marine_Energy</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=A_Video_Primer_On_The_Power_Of_Marine_Energy</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=A_Video_Primer_On_The_Power_Of_Marine_Energy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Covering about three quarters of earth, our oceans are one of the biggest potential renewable energy sources on the planet. The Energy Department estimates that the maximum theoretical electric generation that could be produced from U.S. wave and tidal resources is approximately 1,420 terawatt hours (TWh) per year. That\'s about one-third of the nation\'s total annual electricity usage.  Of course,<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does water power hurt the environment?]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Does_water_power_hurt_the_environment</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Does_water_power_hurt_the_environment</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:31:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Does_water_power_hurt_the_environment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Water power was the engine of industrialization and Germany's most important source of energy at the beginning of the last century: there were more than 100,000 hydro-electric power plants back then. Today, only around 7,500 of those are left and they deliver roughly three percent of German power.Experts estimate that the share of water power could rise up to 50 percent if roughly 20,000 older <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marshall Islands face acute water shortage]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Marshall_Islands_face_acute_water_shortage</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Marshall_Islands_face_acute_water_shortage</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:18:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Marshall_Islands_face_acute_water_shortage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[About 6,000 people who live on the remote Marshall Islands in the Pacific are facing an acute shortage of fresh water as a severe drought worsens. A state of disaster was declared in the north. Australia announced it would provide AU$100,000 (£65,335) for emergency desalination units. The US has also donated several reverse-osmosis machines, which convert salt water into fresh water. There is no <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change will make hundreds of millions homeless]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_change_will_make_hundreds_of_millions_homeless</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_change_will_make_hundreds_of_millions_homeless</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:57:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_change_will_make_hundreds_of_millions_homeless</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is increasingly likely that hundreds of millions of people will be displaced from their homelands in the near future as a result of global warming. That is the stark warning of economist and climate change expert Lord Stern following the news last week that concentrations of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere had reached a level of 400 parts per million (ppm). Massive movements of people are lik<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10News - San Diego sues water quality board over polluted plume under Qualcomm - 10News.com - Team 10 Investigates]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=10News_-_San_Diego_sues_water_quality_board_over_polluted_plume_under_Qualcomm_-_10News-com_-_Team_10_Investigates</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=10News_-_San_Diego_sues_water_quality_board_over_polluted_plume_under_Qualcomm_-_10News-com_-_Team_10_Investigates</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:09:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=10News_-_San_Diego_sues_water_quality_board_over_polluted_plume_under_Qualcomm_-_10News-com_-_Team_10_Investigates</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The RWQCB allowed the corporation responsible for a mid-1980s fuel spill to clean it up.  The clean up process involves dumping 1.2 million gallons of contaminated water a day in the city sewer and drainage system. Team 10 asked the Regional Water Quality Control Board's executive director why a water protection agency would allow a private company to dump 1.2 million gallons of contaminated wate<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Catchment Classification Framework in Hydrology: Challenges and Directions]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Catchment_Classification_Framework_in_Hydrology_Challenges_and_Directions</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Catchment_Classification_Framework_in_Hydrology_Challenges_and_Directions</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Catchment_Classification_Framework_in_Hydrology_Challenges_and_Directions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The past few decades have witnessed the development of numerous catchment models, often with increasing structural complexity and mathematical sophistication. While such models have certainly provided a better understanding of catchments and associated processes, they are also often catchment- or region- or process-specific. Serious concerns on this modeling trend have been increasingly raised in<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are you happy to drink recycled sewage water?]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Are_you_happy_to_drink_recycled_sewage_water</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Are_you_happy_to_drink_recycled_sewage_water</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:33:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Are_you_happy_to_drink_recycled_sewage_water</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So it turns out the water I - and other Londoners - have been drinking hasn't, in fact, been through the kidneys of at least seven other people as I always naively believed. But it could, if the public reaction to Thames Water's proposal to recycle its sewage water goes their way. &quot;It's all about making sure there is enough water to go around, now and in the future,&quot; says Simon Evans, spokesman f<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WATER WISE: Water conservation efforts contribute to stable supply - San Jose Mercury News]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WATER_WISE_Water_conservation_efforts_contribute_to_stable_supply_-_San_Jose_Mercury_News</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WATER_WISE_Water_conservation_efforts_contribute_to_stable_supply_-_San_Jose_Mercury_News</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:24:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=WATER_WISE_Water_conservation_efforts_contribute_to_stable_supply_-_San_Jose_Mercury_News</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After a wet December, the January through April timeframe was the driest on record in Santa Clara County. Despite the fact that rainfall has been far below normal and the Sierra snowpack has a water content of only 17 percent of normal, the Santa Clara Valley Water District has not called for any short-term water use reductions. Though our last drought ended in 2011, the community's continued eff<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Earth Engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Google_Earth_Engine</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Google_Earth_Engine</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:57:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Google_Earth_Engine</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google Earth Engine brings together the world's satellite imagery - trillions of scientific measurements dating back almost 40 years - and makes it available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers, and nations to mine this massive warehouse of data to detect changes, map trends and quantify differences on the Earth's surface. Applications include: detecting deforestation, class<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Satellite eye on Earth: April 2013 – in pictures]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Satellite_eye_on_Earth_April_2013_ndash_in_pictures</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Satellite_eye_on_Earth_April_2013_ndash_in_pictures</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:58:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Satellite_eye_on_Earth_April_2013_ndash_in_pictures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Deforestation, fires, flooding and melting ice are among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Carr Center Speakers Express Disapproval of Israeli-Palestinian Water Distribution |            News |        The Harvard Crimson]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Carr_Center_Speakers_Express_Disapproval_of_Israeli-Palestinian_Water_Distribution_____________News_________The_Harvard_Crimson-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Carr_Center_Speakers_Express_Disapproval_of_Israeli-Palestinian_Water_Distribution_____________News_________The_Harvard_Crimson-1</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:58:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Carr_Center_Speakers_Express_Disapproval_of_Israeli-Palestinian_Water_Distribution_____________News_________The_Harvard_Crimson-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Calling for comprehensive solutions to the water crisis in the West Bank, Tufts professor Annette Huber-Lee and Palestinian refugee Nidal al-Azraq presented work on improving Palestinian access to adequate safe water at an event hosted Thursday evening by the Kennedy School\'s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.Though the Israeli-Palestinian Joint-Water Committee is responsible for water alloca<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weatherproofing Cities to Face Future Sandys - Bloomberg]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Weatherproofing_Cities_to_Face_Future_Sandys_-_Bloomberg</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Weatherproofing_Cities_to_Face_Future_Sandys_-_Bloomberg</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:33:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Weatherproofing_Cities_to_Face_Future_Sandys_-_Bloomberg</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Climate change will impose significant costs on cities because of increased rainfall and other severe weather, Citigroup's Peter Orszag writes. He says cities are working to make themselves more weatherproof, such as a &quot;climate-proof&quot; plan in Rotterdam, Netherlands, that includes architecture meant to sustain flood surges, and Philadelphia's proposed stormwater incentives and fees.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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