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The Texas Tribune: Sinking Land Brings Calls for Pumping Alternative

by Myrna Posted on December 19, 2013

In Fort Bend County, they call it subsidence, a geological phenomenon in which land above the Gulf Coast Aquifer sinks, and the only solution appears to be to stop groundwater pumping. More –  The Texas Tribune: Sinking Land Brings Calls for Pumping Alternative ; ;Related ArticlesOutcry in Eastern Long Island Over a Plan to Cull DeerUnder Seattle, a Big Object Blocks Bertha. What Is It?Canadian Review Panel Approves Plans for an Oil Pipeline ;

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Huge Aquifers Are Discovered in North Kenya

by Myrna Posted on September 11, 2013

The discovery of a potentially enormous underground water supply could improve the lives of generations of people throughout the region. Credit: Huge Aquifers Are Discovered in North Kenya Related Articles Dot Earth Blog: First Hurricane Brews After Silent First Half to the Atlantic Storm Season China’s Plan to Curb Air Pollution Sets Limits on Coal Use and Vehicles Dot Earth Blog: From the Fire Hose: Warming Slowdown, Deep-Ocean Waves, Canadian Crude Inferno

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High Plains Aquifer Dwindles, Hurting Farmers

by Myrna Posted on May 19, 2013

Parts of the vast High Plains Aquifer, once a prodigious source of water, are now so low that crops can’t be watered and bridges span arid stream beds. Link –  High Plains Aquifer Dwindles, Hurting Farmers ; ;Related ArticlesLack of Water Has Lasting Effects in Kansas and TexasDot Earth Blog: Who’s Escaping Climate Change ‘Mire and Muck’?Dot Earth Blog: A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers ;

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