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Topic: Water use

Frank Gehrke (right), chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program and Wes McCandless (left) conduct the final snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California.

New NOAA research holds promise of predicting snowpack even before snow falls

January 24, 2018

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weather

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Projected changes in freshwater stress by 2090 for 80 island groups around the world.

Many islands may face freshwater stress by mid-century

May 4, 2016

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World Water Day: Building a sustainable future for water

March 22, 2016

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natural resources

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