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Moon River: What Water in the Heavens Means for Life on Earth

Randall Amster | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology

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Randall Amster

We ought to consider how NASA's discovery of water on the moon could alter the fabric of life on earth. The implications of this find -- including the possible near-term development of a viable lunar colony -- are staggering.

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Bigger Than Africa

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

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Jonathan Greenblatt

The water and sanitation crisis in many parts of the world as a whole is hard to fathom, and mainly because it is completely preventable.

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Free the Data: Breaking Down Silos With Google; Liberating Spreadsheets, Collaboration Beyond the Cell

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 06.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Paul Saffo, Water Crisis, Water Scarcity, The Matrix, Journalism, Circle of Blue, Water, Data Visualization, Google, Peter Gleick, Alon Halevy, Media News
J. Carl Ganter

Fusion Tables is a powerful research and story-telling tool -- equally accessible to journalists, scientists, students and the public.

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

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Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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New Report: We're Heading for "Water Bankruptcy"

Tara Lohan | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Drought, Water Scarcity, Climate Change, Global Warming, Water, Natural Disasters, California, Jordan, Biofuels, World, Biofuel, Climate, Lester Snow, Associated Press, Argentina, Nevada, Climate Crisis, Jordan Times, California Department of Water Resources, USA Today, Kenya, Cnn, Reuters, Environment, Green News
Tara Lohan

It takes lots energy to move, use and treat water. And it takes lots of water to cool power plants. With that thinking, things like desalination and ethanol make less and less sense.

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Kyrgyzstan: Water Shortage Ratchets Up Social Tension

EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight | Posted 01.24.2009 | World

Read More: Kyrgyzstan Water Shortage, Department of Rural Water Supply, Kyrgyzstan Electricity, Water Scarcity Kyrgyzstan, Asia, Water Scarcity, Water Problems, Kyrgyzstan, World News

As if electricity blackouts weren't bad enough, now residents in rural Kyrgyzstan are having difficulties accessing water. Without electricity, Kyrgyz...

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