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The Thirsty Dragon: China Turns To Technology To Fight Drought
September 2nd, 2022

Courtesy of WIRED, an article on how China is exploring cloud seeding, GM crops, and a multibillion-dollar water-transfer system to address its worst water shortages on record: On a grassy plateau overlooking a valley in central China, two officials stood by as a small, thin rocket blasted off from the rear of a pickup truck. […]

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From Sun Belt to Dust Belt: Can U.S. Desert States Stave Off Their Decline?
September 1st, 2022

Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an article on the precarious future of the U.S. southwest: The desert Sun Belt states of Arizona and Nevada have seen some of the fastest growth in the United States for the past half century, but if climate projections are accurate, that growth might turn into a decline as temperatures […]

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America’s Water Future Cannot Be Won Without Changing America’s Farms
September 1st, 2022

Via Washington Post, commentary on the role that American agriculture will need to play in addressing the U.S.’s water scarce future: The Rev. William Dodd was not above making the occasional fraudulent loan application, which is how he wound up in London’s Tyburn Prison in 1777 under sentence of death. An unusually eloquent plea for mercy, supposedly […]

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