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- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition? (SouthtownStar)
Nov 21, 2008 - Robert Mechielsen, who designs environmentally friendly homes, is only half joking when he says many of the best green home solutions available to homeowners hail from the 18th century. - Researchers find way to double rice crops in drought-stricken areas of India (New Kerala)
Nov 21, 2008 - Washington, Nov 21 : Researchers have found a way to double the output of rice crops in drought-stricken areas of countries like India and Thailand. - Drought a reality for California (Chico Enterprise-Record)
Nov 21, 2008 - DURHAM -- Drought. That's the reality for California. With more groundwater monitoring over the past decade in Butte County, the readings for wells are showing that water levels in some areas have dropped near levels that occurred in the early - Central Texas in extreme drought (Moldova.org)
Nov 20, 2008 - A Texas A&M researcher said central Texas is suffering from extreme drought conditions that are expected to get worse during the next few months.Steve Quiring, a professor in the Department of Geography, said Austin is experiencing the sixth driest year ever recorded, with only 15 inches of rain this year -- half the normal year-to-date rainfall of 30 inches per year.(Hurricane) Ike didn't ... - Central Texas in extreme drought (UPI)
Nov 20, 2008 - COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Texas A&M researcher said central Texas is suffering from extreme drought conditions that are expected to get worse during the next few months. - New Life Beneath Sea And Ice (Science Daily)
Nov 20, 2008 - Scientists have long known that life can exist in some very extreme environments. But Earth continues to surprise us. - Grass lawns shrink in Calif. drought (MSNBC)
Nov 20, 2008 - California's ever-growing population and the threat of a prolonged drought could kill the concept of the traditional lush lawn in the Golden State. - Radiation-proof microbe uses its powers for good (Bunbury Mail)
Nov 20, 2008 - Deinococcus radiodurans is probably the closest thing we have to a real superhero; not for nothing was it nicknamed Superbug and Conan the Bacterium. Its super-abilities include unbelievable resistance to radioactivity; immunity from heat, cold and acid; and the ability to survive in outer space. - Drought Breaks, But I.P.O. Market Is Still Parched (New York Times)
Nov 20, 2008 - A drop of rain doesn’t mean the dry spell is over. Grand Canyon Education braved the public markets Thursday, becoming the first company since Aug. 7 to go public in the United States. In doing so, it broke the longest drought for initial public offerings in decades. - Swaziland: The Crescent of Drought (AllAfrica.com)
Nov 20, 2008 - November, often the rainiest month of the year, has left most of Swaziland awash with flash floods: but in the eastern Lowveld, no rain has fallen, and the fear is of yet another drought year in which food aid will be needed.