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Somalia has one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to conflict. Now, a prolonged drought is adding to the country's many problems. A top U.N. official says he wants the Somali people to kno

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Tokyo Electric Power Company says up to 120 tons of highly radioactive water may have leaked out of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Masayuki Ono is a spokesman for the company, which operates the nuclear plant. We followed correct proce

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The US Environmental Protection Agency lists stormwater as the primary cause of water pollution in the United States. Roads, shopping centers and housing developments are generally seen as enhancing a community's quality of life. But they can also di

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The 36-year-old bachelor ate his usual lunch at home. He had an apple, a ham sandwich with a sliced dill pickle, a bowl of chicken noodle soup with a couple of soda crackers, and a small candy bar, all washed down with an eight-ounce glass of milk. A

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'Last Call' Sounds Water Alarm in Dry World You dont have to be a scientist to understand if you take more water out of the bathtub than you put into the bathtub, the bathtub will eventually go empty, marine biologist Tim Barnett says in the film. Th

VOA标准英语2012--Scientists Say Africa Sits on Huge Reservoir of Water

Scientists Say Africa Sits on Huge Reservoir of Water Scientists say an estimated 300 million people in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water and with climate change making rainfall less predictable, their plight is even more precarious. S

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Black, Foamy Water Worries Fracking Neighbors There is a lot of construction near Janet McIntyre's home in southwestern Pennsylvania. It's not new houses, but new industry: 10 gas wells, a compressor station and multiple drilling-waste ponds. The sta

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The fifth World Water Forum opened on Monday in Istanbul, Turkey. Thousands of people are at the meeting - from heads of state and environmental and business leaders to scientists and activists - to discuss ways to manage and conserve the precious r

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Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests

VOA标准英语2012--Global Warming Might Threaten Water Supply

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New satellite data reveal that groundwater in Northwest India is being depleted faster than it is being replenished by rainwater. Experts say the problem is being caused by farmers' excessive use of groundwater to irrigate their crops, and they warn

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: In southeast Alaska, the commercial king salmon fishing season was temporarily shut down this spring. That's because the numbers of wild salmon returning to spawn are at an all-time low, and that's worrisome news for those who ma

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What that circulation means to us human is that water is a moving target. We constantly have to seek it out in this endless cycle and intercept it wherever and whenever we can. This quest depend on water has played a defining role in human history. T

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The trapped Chinese icebreaker Xuelong broke through the Antarctic's heavy ice floes on Tuesday and was headed for open water. The vessel, which had been conducting China's 30th Antarctic expedition before going to the aid of the stramded Russian shi

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