The least biologically productive areas of the oceans are expanding much faster than predicted, according to a new study by researchers at NOAA and the University of Hawaii. This change in ocean biology, linked to the warming of sea surface waters, may negatively affect the populations of many fish species trying to survive in these [...]
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NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Study Shows Ocean “Deserts” are Expanding
Posted in oceans, water facts on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Filter For Good: Home
Posted in water facts, water filtration on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Americans send about 38 billion water bottles a year to landfills.1 Considering the 1.5 million barrels of oil needed to make those bottles, the environmental impact of plastic bottle waste is truly staggering.
That’s why Brita and Nalgene have teamed up to create the FilterForGood pledge. It’s a simple commitment to reduce your personal waste by [...]
Where You Live — USA Environmental Protection Agency
Posted in water facts on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Each year by July 1st you should receive in the mail an annual water quality report (consumer confidence report) from your water supplier that tells where your water comes from and what’s in it.
Any community water system that serves more than 100,000 people is required to make its CCR available to customers on a publicly [...]
Childrens Safe Drinking Water Program
Posted in third world assistance, water filtration, water safety on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Procter & Gamble works with a diverse group of partners to provide families in developing countries with access to clean drinking water. To date, the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) has provided enough product to produce more than 500 million liters of clean drinking water for children and their families in need around the [...]
BBC NEWS – Next decade may see no warming
Posted in oceans, water facts on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Earth’s temperature may stay roughly the same for a decade, as natural climate cycles enter a cooling phase, scientists have predicted.
A new computer model developed by German researchers, reported in the journal Nature, suggests the cooling will counter greenhouse warming.
Modelling of climatic events in the oceans is difficult, simply because there is relatively little [...]
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