Ogallala Aquifer declines as Texas Panhandle drought continues
Water is the lifeline of the Texas Panhandle, but experts warn it’s running low. “We have a program at the district where we ...
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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any ...
NASA uses advanced radar to track groundwater in California
Where California's towering Sierra Nevada surrenders to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story is ...
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Poisoning the well
Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, ...
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Why Doesn’t the United States Use the Metric System?
Most of the world has adopted the metric system as their official system of measurement with one major exception: the United States ... Association relies on a map created by Peter Goodyear ...
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Where U.S. Measles Outbreaks Are Spreading
The outbreak is likely to persist for a year, according to Texas health officials. Fourteen other states and the District of Columbia have reported isolated measles cases, typically linked to ...
Newsweek18d
Map Shows US States Where Religion Is Disappearing Fastest
For these states Newsweek's map compares the 2024 results to 2014, the latest available. Using only data for 2007-2024 comparison, the following places had the smallest proportional increase in ...
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Map: Texas and Kansas Water Use (1985-2005)
The Great Plains are home to some of the largest cotton and wheat harvests in the United States. The eight-state region is also home to the country’s biggest cattle ...
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United join Premier League Summer Series
Manchester United will return to the US for pre-season preparations this July and August, as part of the Premier League’s Summer Series. The announcement of United’s participation in the ...
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Map: The Shrinking Ogallala Aquifer
Industrial agriculture on the Great Plains began in the 1950s when mechanized pumps and sprinkler irrigation systems allowed trillions of gallons of water to be pulled each year from the Ogallala ...
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Measles cases in US rise to more than 200: See map of 2025 outbreak
As Texas continues to contend with a growing measles outbreak that has sickened just shy of 200 and killed one, more states are reporting their own cases, including a second measles-related ...
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Here’s a Map of the For-Sale Government Properties the GSA Pulled From Its Website
WIRED has created a map and a searchable table of the government ... offers detailed information on GSA-owned and leased properties across the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and American ...