water shortage Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:38:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Save the World by Peeing in the Shower, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/save-world-pee-shower-20141013/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/save-world-pee-shower-20141013/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:12:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49626 I believe that no matter how careless a person is about the environment, deep down, everyone would do whatever they can, if saving the world was in their hands. In fact, not much is even needed, as a couple of university students claim, it is as easy as slightly changing your morning routine. Just pee […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/save-world-pee-shower-20141013/feed/ 0 49626 Crops Affected by Water Shortage, not Climate Warming https://www.greenoptimistic.com/crops-water-shortage-20130304/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/crops-water-shortage-20130304/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:37:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34385 Professor Graeme Hammer, a leading Australian crop scientist at The University of Queensland, developed a complex model which explains how agricultural crop yield will be affected by global warming. The results of his 10 years work was just published in the latest issue of the world’s leading science journal Nature. The article shows evidence that […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/crops-water-shortage-20130304/feed/ 0 34385 Threat to U.S. Water Supplies Smaller Than Thought, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/threat-to-water-supplies-smaller-than-thought-study-says-20130201/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/threat-to-water-supplies-smaller-than-thought-study-says-20130201/#respond Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:04:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32510 A new survey conducted by a team at University of Florida reveals that U.S. water supply is not at such high risk as previously predicted. As opposed to previous studies of this type, the survey take into consideration the infrastructure used to maintain urban water supplies. Jim Jawits, a UF soil and water science professor, […]

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