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What’s Up With Water – September 27, 2021

Circle of Blue

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. In India, a new study finds that arsenic from irrigation water is entering the country’s food chain. Researchers found arsenic in rice, wheat, and potatoes at levels higher than those in household drinking water.

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What’s Up With Water – August 30, 2021

Circle of Blue

Global Water Intel reports that the investment fund hopes to build 17 such plants by 2025, at a cost of roughly $2.5 The extra water would be welcome. The arid North African county receives little rainfall, and relies heavily on the Nile River for its water supply.

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Speaking of Water: Mapping People, Power, and Water w/ Giulio Boccaletti and Parag Khanna

Circle of Blue

Since the dawn of civilization, water has defined where people live, when they thrive, and when they move. Carl Ganter: Since the dawn of civilization, water has defined where people live, when they thrive, and when they move. Carl Ganter, and this is Speaking of Water from Circle of Blue. I’m J.

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UN climate report warns the lives of over two billion people are at risk?

A Greener Life

For climate scientists, the war in Ukraine came at the worst possible time as the media attention they would have hoped for surrounding the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was urgently diverted to the breaking news story of Russia invading Ukraine. A path for adaptation.

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Scientific Waves: Reflections and Forward Movement

Washington Nature

Their work quantifies how forest gaps influence snowpack depth and duration, finding that gaps on north facing slopes offer a promising adaptation technique to promote water supplies in the face of climate change. How fishing communities view climate vulnerablity. Nature Conservancy scientists doing field work.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

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Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. States Texas State Board of Education issues guidance encouraging schools to emphasize the “positive” aspects of climate change in textbooks. This includes $5 billion for climate programs and $1.8 from FY23 levels. billion for NSF in FY 2024.

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

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Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Global Change Research Program, this report will assess the state of the U.S.’s s lands, waters and wildlife and the specific benefits that they provide. Led by the U.S. What needs should it fill?

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