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Will We Have to Pump the Great Lakes to California to Feed the Nation?
August 5th, 2024

Via New York Times, a look at the water/food nexus in the U.S. and the coming impact of climate change: Driving north through California’s Tejon Pass on Interstate 5, you spill down out of the mountains onto a breathtaking expanse of farm fields like few others in the world. Rows of almond, pistachio and citrus […]

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Taking Over From The Inside: China’s Growing Reach Into Local Waters
August 4th, 2024

Via New European, a look at how China – the superpower of seafood – dominates more than just the high seas: On March 14, 2016, in the squid grounds off the coast of Patagonia, a rusty Chinese squid jigger called the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 10 was fishing illegally in Argentina’s national waters. Spotted by […]

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California’s Water Supplies Could Be Drying Up
August 2nd, 2024

Via Newsweek, a report on California’s growing water crisis: California faces a growing water crisis as climate change risks reducing supplies from the State Water Project by as much as 23 percent in 20 years, according to projections. A new report, published on Wednesday by California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR), states that a 23 […]

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