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Climate change could cut Western water runoff by 10%
Posted by LA Times: Bettina Boxall on December 27th, 2012
LA Times: Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region's water supplies.
Using new model simulations, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory expanded on 2007 research that predicted a drier future for the Southwest.
The reasons involve more than a drop in precipitation -- which is actually expected to increase in some areas that are critical to Western water supplies. Rather,...
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Low water may halt Mississippi River transport next week
Posted by Reuters: Tom Polansek on December 27th, 2012
Reuters: Commerce on a key stretch of the Mississippi River could "come to an effective halt" earlier than expected next week due to low water levels, disrupting shipments of billions of dollars of grain and other goods, a group of shippers said on Wednesday.
The Waterways Council, which represents shippers and receivers of commodities, said in a message to its members that it received an advisory from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday that indicated water levels around Thebes, Ill., could be...