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The Deal with the Delta (California’s big watering hole)
View Larger Map About two-thirds of Californians drink, bathe, brush their teeth, and flush their toilets with water that comes from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. That’s roughly 25 million people...
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How Much Water Do Californians Use And What Does A 20 Percent Cut Look Like?
A parched Folsom Lake, at less than 20 percent of capacity (photo courtesy of National Weather Service). This is not a good time for umbrella merchants in California. 2013 was one of the driest years...
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How Serious Is the California Drought? These Satellite Images Say It All
NASA satellite imagery comparing California’s snowpack in January 2013 to January 2014. GIF animation created by Rhett A. Butler_Mongabay.com. If you live in California, snowpack is a pretty crucial...
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Why California’s Drought is America’s Problem
Despite a few recent downpours, California remains stuck in one of the most severe statewide droughts on record. But it’s far from just California’s problem. The state produces a huge percentage of the...
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How Much Precious California Water Did You Just Eat? Find the Water Footprint...
Courtesy LA Times CORRECTION: This article originally stated that soy milk was the most water-intensive drink. The value, as initially listed by the LA Times, was for the soybean ingredient, not the...
View ArticleDried Up and Stressed Out: How Cities Around the World Are Dealing with Water...
Imagine if one day you turned on your faucet and nothing coming came out. That prospect was almost a reality for the 4 million people in Cape Town, South Africa. Following years of crippling drought,...
View ArticleConspiracy Nation! How Conspiracy Theories Helped Shape U.S. History
We humans gravitate to conspiracy theories like moths to a flame. As the latest Above the Noise video points out, conspiracy theories — the belief that some secretive organization is responsible for a...
View ArticleInside America’s Never-Ending Gun Fight
No matter what your position on gun rights and gun control, most people can at least agree that the United States has a pretty serious gun violence problem. As our latest Above the Noise video points...
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Is Cryptocurrency Really the Future of Money?
Bitcoin is a form of electronic cash, or cryptocurrency, that was introduced in 2009. The first of its kind, it sparked a cryptocurrency revolution. More than a thousand new cryptocurrencies have been...
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