Category: Global
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Saltwater intrusion will taint 77% of coastal aquifers by century’s end, modeling study finds
Watersheds on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard will be among the areas most affected by underground saltwater intrusion by the year 2100 due to sea level rise and changes in groundwater supplies, according to a NASA-DOD study. NASA’s Terra satellite captured Credit: NASA Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas…
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Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
Ashley Smith and Peter Hammond by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nation’s waterways. An academic and a detective have dredged up the truth of how it was allowed to happen – but will anything be done? Peter Hammond’s house…
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Watershedding: taps run dry across Johannesburg — unprecedented water crisis
Residents of the township of Soweto, South Africa, queue for water Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people.…
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What is a strong El Niño?
Photo: The El Niño pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023. NOAA Climate.gov Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don’t all agree Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter ahead in the southern Rockies and the Sierra…
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El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common
Via UCSB THE CURRENT The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth’s surface area, more than all the land combined. Unsurprisingly, its activity affects conditions around the globe. Periodic variations in the ocean’s water temperature and winds, called the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, are a major meteorologic force. Scientists know that human activity is affecting this system,…
