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Cyprus conflict closes leaders' eyes to water shortage
  Source: Water Conserve (www.waterconserve.org)
  Added: March 11, 2010 1:00 PM

BBC: The war I'm interested in is the water war - not an armed conflict, but a struggle nonetheless, between people and a rapidly disappearing resource. The alarming thing, for those working to ease this new conflict, is that Cypriots don't even seem to realise that hostilities between them and nature have begun. Charalampos Theopemptou is the Greek Cypriot side's Environment Commissioner, and it was he who told me the story about the old man in the classroom. He explains its ... VIEW>

Bahamas: Drinking water 'under threat'
  Source: Water Conserve (www.waterconserve.org)
  Added: March 8, 2010 1:00 PM

Tribune: THE availability of fresh drinking water in the Bahamas could be jeopardised by climate change and hurricanes, warned State Environment Minister Phenton Neymour, who said this country urgently needs proper water networks and management policies. Anticipated sea level rise from climate change, hurricane motivated storm surges -- and even heavy rain -- can all contaminate precious water well-fields with brackish, salty water, cautioned Mr Neymour, leading to severe water shortages and ... VIEW>

How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
  Source: Water Conserve (www.waterconserve.org)
  Added: March 8, 2010 1:00 PM

Guardian: We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards and drove a mile across empty land before we found what will soon be Ethiopia's largest greenhouse. Nestling below an escarpment of the Rift Valley, the development is far from finished, but the plastic and steel structure already stretches over 20 hectares – the size of 20 football pitches. The farm manager shows us millions of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables being grown in 500m rows in computer ... VIEW>

 

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California looks to Australia for lessons on water management
  Source: Water Conserve (www.waterconserve.org)
  Added: March 7, 2010 1:00 PM

Marshes Dying for Lack of Fresh Water at Maurepas Swamp, Louisiana, US
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: March 7, 2010 1:00 PM

Tides, Earth's rotation among sources of giant underwater waves
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: March 7, 2010 1:00 PM

Worlds most useful tree' provides new low-cost water purification method for developing world
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: March 3, 2010 1:00 PM

Road salt and cars produce extreme water contamination in Frenchman's Bay, Ontario, Canada
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: March 3, 2010 1:00 PM

Do fence me in: 250-mile barrier helps protect Kenyan water sources
  Source: Water Conserve (www.waterconserve.org)
  Added: March 2, 2010 1:00 PM

NASA radar finds ice deposits at Moon's north pole; additional evidence of water activity on Moon
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: March 2, 2010 1:00 PM

Glue, fly, glue: Caddisflies' underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: March 2, 2010 1:00 PM

Indian festival goers warned about water wastage
  Source: Water Conserve (www.waterconserve.org)
  Added: February 28, 2010 1:00 PM

By tracking water molecules, physicists hope to unlock secrets of life
  Source: ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
  Added: February 28, 2010 1:00 PM

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