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• Deforestation, climate change threaten the ecological resilience of the Amazon rainforest

  
  Conservation news — Authority: 120
  The combination of deforestation, forest degradation, and the effects of climate change are weakening the resilience of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem, potentially leading to loss of carbon storage and changes in rainfall patterns and river discharge, finds a comprehensive review published in the journal Nature .
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• Columbia River Dams, BPA & Balancing the Forces

  
  SwittersB & Fly Fishing — Authority: 117
  This is a lengthy, but very informative piece in Forbes about the Columbia River’s power/enviro management by BPA (and others) of 31 dams. A lot of good information in here. I queried this given the heavy dump of wet snow here last night, up the Gorge and wondering about runoff/flooding the next few days. I ...
  1 week ago

• Cyprus Dams Still Only 50% Full After Heavy Rainfall

  
  Your Story — Authority: 489
  Total inflow of water in Cyprus’ dams in the past three days has reached 5.056 million cubic meters, according to data of the Department of Water Development. In statements to CNA, Director of the Department of Water Development Kyriakos Kyrou said that the quantity of water that has flowed to the dams is ...
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• Gets prize

  
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  To reach the client flows in the corporate sales begin, strangely enough, with retail. What would you think money and actually move around: If we could see the money through the barriers, with a bird’s-eye view, we would have as members saw a money flow on the streets and squares of the city by drops, which then ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Stream, January 16: Asian Carp

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 415
  Lake Erie and some of its biggest tributary rivers have just the right conditions for Asian carp to make themselves at home, according to a study by scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, Associated Press reported. The invasive species have infested numerous tributaries of the Mississippi River, including the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fear, Safety and Livelihood: The Biopolitics of Mullaperiyar : T. T. Sreekumar

  
  Kafila — Authority: 534
  Guest post by T. T. SREEKUMAR The Mullaperiyar Dam controversy  embodies a concrete and complex example of the imperial matrix of biopolitical legacy that post-colonial societies continually encounter even after decades of political independence.  More than a century ago, the British colonial Government ...
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• The Stream, January 13: Water Pollution Looms In Lake Titicaca

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 415
  Growing urban populations, poor infrastructure and unenforced environmental regulations are contributing to the pollution of South America’s Lake Titicaca , the Guardian reported. The pollution threatens fishing and agriculture in the region. Australians should expect to pay 15 percent more for home insurance ...
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• Are Dams Dangerous to Seas?

  
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                          From historic times on wards, dams had helped humans a lot. There are evidences of dams across rivers built by Indians and Egyptians even 6000 years ago. Most of these were for irrigation and agricultural purposes. And now, in this modern era, these gigantic structures are ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can Bangladesh refrain India from constructing the proposed Tipaimukh Dam (Google / Blitz)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 127
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2071/waging-international-legal-war-against-tipaimukh Waging international legal war against Tipaimukh Dam by Barrister M. A. Muid Khan “Guided by the principles of equity, fairness and no harm to either party both the Governments agree to ...
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• The Control Society

  
  Blogs — Authority: 146
  Why is Big Brother promoting a campaign of fear against pleasure? read more
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• The Control Society

  
  Blogs — Authority: 146
  Why is Big Brother promoting a campaign of fear against pleasure? read more
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• François Sicard appointed DAMS general manager

  
  Flagworld.com >> News — Authority: 131
  After its very successful 2011 season crowned with the GP2 Drivers’ title, DAMS is tackling 2012 with the same ambitions. The French squad has decided to reshuffle its management team to take on current and future challenges, and appointed François Sicard from OAK Racing as general manager. After ...
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• Dams As Conflict Management Strategy in Nigeria (Google / Leadership)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 127
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/13026/2012/01/12/kebbi_dams_conflict_management_strategy.html Kebbi: Dams As Conflict Management Strategy JAMIL GULMA The major cause of the consistent conflict between the Fulani and the farmers in Kebbi State may be a thing of the past if ...
  2 weeks ago

• TheWaterChannel: Putting a Damn Spin on Dam Facts?

  
  WaterWired — Authority: 110
  I got an email from TheWaterChannel the other day titled Dam Facts. It was pretty brief [italicized emboldening is mine]: This week 52 years ago, the construction of the Aswan High Dam started in Egypt. The total length is 3,830 meters, it is 980 meters wide and it has a...
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• Along Mississippi River, Rebuilding Levee After Spring’s Flood

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  Milus Wallaces farm had some $2 million in damage, to be only partly repaid through insurance.
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• 5 Tips for preventing ice dams

  
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  I’ve warned about ice dams many times. It’s one of the leading causing of major damage to old homes. But, the problem doesn’t start on your roof. It starts from inside your home from leaking hot air. If you have icicles hanging from your eaves, you need to take action now.  Those frozen daggers are a sign ...
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• Preview: Bombing Hitlers Dams

  
  TVFirstLook — Authority: 125
  Daring WWII Attack on Hitlers GermanyPBS.orgNova: Bombing Hitlers Dams (PBS, 9pm) - In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigantic dams in Germany’s industrial heartland and cutting the water supply to arms factories.Their secret weapon? ...
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• Swiss nuclear reactors get EU resistance ok, but gov’t wants seismic checks

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 429
  GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – A European Union team of specialists has given the all-clear to Switzerland’s nuclear reactors for resistance, reviewing them on 37 points established in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima accident in 2011, but he Swiss government says it wants further reviews on 8 additional ...
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• Stiglitz against foreign investment

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Guwahati, Jan 10 (IANS) Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz Tuesday said opening doors to foreign investment would have disastrous consequences and would lead to serious economic instability.“Insufficiently regulated capital market and financial market liberalization can contribute to instability, and instability is bad ...
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• Regulation of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

  
  Random graphic of the day: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library — Authority: 110
  Water has long been associated with conflicts between neighbouring countries. This graphic shows how water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is used in Iraq, and that neighbouring Syria and Turkey influence the flow of this water. The graphic shows the locations of main dams, swamps and horticulture in the region. ...
  3 weeks ago

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