California's Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis
• http://www.scientificamerican.comThe problems are as much structural and systemic as they are natural
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Water Table 'Dropping All Over The World,' NASA Says In Shocking New Report
• http://www.offthegridnews.comIs the world about to run out of drinkable water? A new NASA report does not indicate we will all be dying of thirst in the near feature, but it does paint a grim picture of the state of the world's largest underground aquifers.
Well-known Australian beach stinger causes panic when a single ones washes up...
• http://www.dailymail.co, By FREYA NOBLEWell-known Australian beach stinger causes panic when a single ones washes up on the New Jersey shore
Mass extinction: This time, we are the volcanoes, asteroids
• http://indianexpress.com,Proof that a sixth is upon us lies in showing that current rates of extinction are above the 'background' rate prevailing in the previous five extinctions.
Britain faces FREEZING winters as slump in solar activity threatens 'little Ice Age'
• http://www.express.co.ukBRITAIN could face colder than average winters with a plunge in solar activity threatening a new "little ice age" in the next few decades.
?Highly invasive snail-eating flatworm found in US for first time
• http://rt.comAn unsightly worm with a mouth in the middle of its belly, considered to be one of the world's "worst invasive species," has been discovered in the US for the first time, making its home in several Miami gardens.
Energy Efficiency Efforts May Not Pay Off
• http://www.scientificamerican.comWeatherization and other energy efficiency efforts may not be worth the cost according to a new study
3D-Printed Rhino Horns Might Stop African Poaching...
• http://www.ibtimes.com, By Jeff Stone3D-Printed Rhino Horns Might Stop African Poaching, But Environmentalists Aren't Optimistic
3D-Printed Rhino Horns Might Stop African Poaching...
• http://www.ibtimes.com, By Jeff Stone3D-Printed Rhino Horns Might Stop African Poaching, But Environmentalists Aren't Optimistic
New formula expected to spur advances in clean energy generation
• http://www.sciencedaily.comResearchers have devised a new formula for calculating the maximum efficiency of thermoelectric materials, the first new formula in more than a half-century, designed to speed up the development of new materials suitable for practical use.
Israeli Water Experts Advise Drought-stricken California
• http://www.voanews.comA noted Israeli hydrologist is helping drought-stricken California cope with its water crisis.
DEAR WORLD: HERE ARE SOME DROUGHT FIXES. LOVE, CALIFORNIA
• http://www.wired.com, NICK STOCKTONThe Golden State is huge--in area, in population, in business, in culture, in agriculture--and it all relies on water. But the state's problems are a drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the developing world's water woes.
To Increase Disaster Aid, Do Not Mention Global Warming
• http://www.scientificamerican.comCharities looking for donations after a natural disaster may want to avoid linking the disaster to climate change, a study from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, suggests.
California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Colorado, New York Lead Clean Tech
• http://cleantechnica.comWe now have more insights into how the clean-tech economy is doing from this year's sixth annual US Clean Tech Leadership Index. The index, prepared by Clean Edge, a research and indexing firm founded in 2000, tracks and ranks clean-tech activi
Flow Battery Vs. Tesla Battery Smackdown Looming
• http://cleantechnica.comYes, they went there. A little-known startup energy storage company called UET just announced a major milestone for its latest flow battery project, and the folks over there couldn't resist the opportunity to take a poke at the much-publicized Tesl
India's Achieves 4 GW Installed Solar Power Capacity
• http://cleantechnica.comIndia's Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has reported that the country now has an operational solar power capacity of over 4 GW, with a significant jump caused by direct contributions from the country's National Solar Mission.
Sixth mass extinction is here: Humanity's existence threatened
• http://www.sciencedaily.comBiologists have use highly conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the dinosaurs' demise.
Solstice Science: How Humans Celebrate Official Start of Summer
• http://www.livescience.comToday (June 21) marks the summer solstice, the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Do racers dream of electric bikes?
• theverge.comSilent motorcycles and their riders cheat death on the Isle of Man
Even West Coast Canada's Declining Salmon Population Has Its Own App
• http://motherboard.vice.comThe salmon off Canada's western coast aren't doing so great. And while I realize how absurd this probably sounds, there's an app for that, too.
US Catholics ready to follow Pope's 'marching orders' on climate change
• http://www.theguardian.comReligious leaders say pontiff's call for action brings urgency to existing support for environmental measures in Obama administrations's climate plan
Oklahoma earthquakes linked to oil and gas drilling
• http://www.sciencedaily.comA new study finds that the recent spike in triggered earthquakes in Oklahoma is primarily due to the injection of wastewater produced during oil production.
Pope Francis: The Earth, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth
• http://www.theguardian.comAn extract from Pope Francis's encyclical on climate change, the environment and inequality
The Colorado River is not a water buffet. So why the 'first come, first serve' policy?
• http://www.theguardian.comAs water shortages grip California and the seven state Colorado River basin, many users feel no pain, while some face a complete curtailment. That's because the water management system is not designed to be either efficient or equitable but consist
The new cold war
• http://www.theguardian.comA last great unprotected wilderness, safe haven for endangered species and home to native people whose subsistence lifestyle has survived in harmony with nature for thousands of years.
South Korea Has A 20 Mile Solar Bike Lane Providing Electricity To Nearby Areas
• http://www.trueactivist.comA bike lane in South Korea sits in the middle of a highway and is fitted with a solar panel roof. The path stretches the 20 miles between the two cities of Daejeon and Sejong.
YOUR SAY: Laws to keep mining companies to account
• http://www.thechronicle.com,Three months ago I was in Ecuador, a poor country, but one that has placed Pachamama, (mother Earth), in their constitution.
U.S. fracking rules to face early legal test
• http://www.reuters.comEnergy industry groups and states that oppose new U.S. rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands are headed to court this month to try to block the regulations a day before they are to take effect.
Clean Power Plan: Utility Industry Says It Will Do The 'Right Thing'
• http://www.forbes.comDespite their disparate interests and diverse geographies, U.S. utilities have locked shoulders, especially when it comes to federal energy policies. At the core of their communique is the will to work with the Obama administration to reduce carbon e
West Coast To Be Hit With 800 Trillion Bq of Cesium-137 by 2016
• http://www.truthandaction.orgThe report of the coming radiation comes from professor Michio Aoyama, who states that about 3,500 tera bq of Cs-137 have been released to the Pacific and 1.2 to 1.5 tera bq of Cs-137 has been released to the air, which eventually fell into the sea.
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