Topic: Drought

The Great Georgia-Tennessee Border War of 2013 Is Upon Us

Photo by frankpierson at Flickr.com

Historians, take note: On this day, which is not a day in 1732, a boundary dispute between two Southern states took a turn for the wet.

By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 28, 2013

Trimming the Times

The Cannibal Cop Fantasy, Homeless Female Veterans, and IBM's Chef Watson

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By David Wagner

Nov 20, 2012

Today in Green Research

SARS-Like Bat Virus Discovered; The Light at the Bottom of the Ocean

Discovered: A deadly new disease infects two humans; big international investors tell governments to get tough on climate change; drought is here to stay in Iowa; underwater light is dimming, driving fish away.

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By David Wagner

Oct 26, 2012

Today in Green Research

Carbon Dioxide and the Workplace Don't Mix; The Economic Impacts of Drought

Discovered: High CO2 levels make office workers dumb; drought drags down GDP; there's no reason why green farming can't make money; warming oceans drive plankton toward the poles.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 18, 2012

The Price of Candy Corn Is Up 3%

Trick-or-treaters better appreciate their treats this season.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 7, 2012

Trimming the Times

Medicaid, Hungry Bears, and Buck Showalter

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 17, 2012

Trimming the Times

Romney's Transition Team, West Nile, and Opera

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Aug 16, 2012

The Drought Is Killing The Mississippi River

Ship traffic on the Mississippi River was briefly shut down yesterday and salt from the Gulf of Mexcio is threatening the drinking water upriver as the severe drought has pushed water levels far below their usual depths. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jul 20, 2012

A 10,000-Year-Old Aquifer Will Supply Namibia with 400 Years Worth of Water

Cool discovery of the week: scientists have found a massive aquifer in northern Namibia, the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, and even though its water is 10,000 years old, it's still way safer to drink than the country's other options.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 20, 2012

Trimming the Times

Noise in New York, Drought, and 'The Queen of Versailles'

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jul 16, 2012

The 2012 Drought Reaches 'Dust Bowl' Proportions

More than 50 percent of the United States is under drought conditions right now, putting 2012 in the same category with some of the worst droughts in our history.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jul 12, 2012

U.S. Declares the Largest Natural Disaster Area Ever Due to Drought

The blistering summer and ongoing drought conditions have the prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare a federal disaster area in more than 1,000 counties covering 26 states.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 5, 2012

Today in Research

Record Breaking U.S. Droughts; Higher Rate of Childhood Diabetes in China

Discovered: Record breaking U.S. droughts, China has more child diabetes than the U.S., things look bad for the coral reef, and a human-like robot eye.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 16, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

The Next Cold War May Be Really Cold; There's Uranium in Them Hills

The Associated Press on soldiers in the melting Arctic, The Texas Tribune on uranium mining, Christian Science Monitor on solar panels in Germany, The Washington Post on saving the seahorse, and The Guardian on the drought in England

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 13, 2012

U.S. Is in Desperate Need of Rain

In your potentially troubling environmental news of the day, there are only two states in the U.S. that aren't experiencing "abnormally dry" or drought conditions, meaning that the country is the driest its been since 2007.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 2, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Texas's Continuing Drought; Curbing Coal

Monday's best green reads: NPR on the Texas drought, Mother Jones on anti-coal activism, The New York Times on uranium-mine radiation, The Guardian on measuring global warming, and Good on an eco-friendly pantry.

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By Dino Grandoni

Sep 2, 2011

Chart of the Day

A Look at Just How Bad Texas's Drought Has Been

2011 has been both the hottest and driest summer for Texas in at least 116 years

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