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Flood money: The water cycle
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on May 10th, 2010
Independent (UK): You've probably heard the dubious statistic that a glass of tap water in London has cycled through seven different people before ending up in your tumbler. But how much does water cycle naturally around the world? You might also remember those diagrams with lots of arrows in science lessons, showing water cycling between the seas, skies and rivers, but what is the relationship between the global water wheel and our environment? When it comes to the amount of water that trickles, drips ...
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Oil spill swells to 4M gallons; fixes days off yet
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 10th, 2010
Associated Press: Black Hawk helicopters peppered Louisiana's barrier islands with 1-ton sacks of sand Monday to bolster the state's crucial wetlands against an epic oil spill, 4 million gallons and growing, in the Gulf of Mexico. At the site of the ruptured well a mile below the surface, a remote-controlled submarine shot chemicals into the maw of the massive undersea leak to dilute the flow, further evidence that BP expects the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf for weeks or more. Crews ...