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    North America hypoxia
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 4, 2018

    Memo to Carmakers: The Future Is Electric

    • Energy
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. policy
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    Zero emission vehicle
    • Energy
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. policy
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 17, 2017

    California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    flight deck of the MAFFS 6
    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Freshwater
    Asia North America
    Insights
    June 23, 2015

    NASA Satellite Data Help Show Where Groundwater Is – And Where It Isn’t

    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/33377700@N00/155517365/">Ozyman</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Aqueduct
    • Freshwater
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    January 7, 2014

    A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2013

    Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
    • water pollution
    • hypoxia
    • Freshwater
    Latin America North America
    Data
    March 27, 2008

    Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of North America and the Caribbean

    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • hypoxia
    • Water Quality
    • water pollution
    • Ocean
    • Freshwater
    • hypoxia
    • Water Quality
    • water pollution

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