Tag: drought
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Solar and wind energy preserve groundwater for drought, agriculture
Using drought-prone California as a case study, a research team shows that increased solar and wind energy can reduce the reliance on hydropower, especially during drought. Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University Solar and wind farms are popping up around the country to lower carbon emissions, and these renewables also have another important effect: keeping more…
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Farmers Employ Strategies To Reduce Risk of Drought Damages
Drought is the leading driver of production risk in U.S. agriculture. Although flooding, early frosts, pests, and other risk factors pose major challenges to farmers, no other source of production risk is as nationally significant as drought in terms of lost agricultural production and income. A major drought can reduce crop yields, lead farmers to…
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Alfalfa Project Targets Saving Over 300 Billion Gallons of Water Annually
A history of drought refugees in America. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) – It was 83 years ago this week, when 23 car and truck-loads of migrant families were reported to have crossed the California-Arizona border in a single day. They were among tens of thousands of poverty-stricken families who found themselves without water in 1936,…
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The Town That Extended ‘Smart Growth’ to Its Water
Photo: The Rocky Mountains rise behind the Denver skyline. Charlie Riedel/AP As Western states grapple with drought, Westminster, Colorado, has become a model for its integration of water data into the planning process. As with so many towns in the West, the history of Westminster, Colorado, can be told through its water supply. The turning…
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Case study suggests new approach to urban water supply
If you live in the developed world, safe water is usually just a faucet-turn away. And yet, global warming, drought conditions, and population growth in coming decades could change that, ushering in an era of uncertain access to water. Now an MIT-based research team has evaluated those potential problems and, based on a case study…
