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    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    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
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    December 19, 2013

    India’s Watershed Development Boosts Food Security, Improves Livelihoods

    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    India has long-battled its water scarcity issues throughout an approach called watershed development. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • water risk
    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
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Insights
    January 30, 2013

    5 Sobering Realities about Global Water Security

    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • mapping
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Asia
    Data
    March 27, 2008

    Coastal Eutrophic and Hypoxic Areas of Asia

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