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New index reveals that recent flood could signal climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 21st, 2014
PhysOrg: A new investigation of long-term weather records suggests that recent flooding in the south of England could signal the onset of climate change.
The research, from UWE Bristol, Loughborough University and the University of East Anglia has produced a new index of flooding trends called the Fluvial Flood Indices. This enables widespread flooding and weather patterns to be viewed in the context of the last 150 years, revealing that four of the six most severe flood episodes since 1871 have occurred...
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Measurement Matters: Understanding Water Scarcity in an Increasingly Complex World
Posted by New Security Beat: Kathleen Mogelgaard on March 21st, 2014
New Security Beat: It was a scorching hot April afternoon in Keur Moussa, a small farming community about 60 kilometers outside Dakar, Senegal. The landscape was mostly barren and very dry, and a fine red dust settled into our clothes as we walked with community leaders to learn about their efforts to cope with a changing environment. In this part of the world, adapting to climate change is figuring out how to manage water: how to survive for long periods without it, and what to do when too much comes at unexpected...
North Carolina Says Utility Pumped Millions of Gallons of Ash Waste in River
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 21st, 2014
New York Times: Duke Energy, the electric utility whose massive spill of toxic coal ash into a river six weeks ago is part of a federal investigation, illegally pumped as much as 61 million gallons of coal-ash wastewater into a second river from September to last week, North Carolina regulators charged on Thursday. Both the accidental spill and the deliberate releases occurred not far upstream from municipal drinking-water intakes. The utility’s officials have said that the pumping was part of preparations for...