Kansas Farmers Work to Prevent Depletion of Ogallala Aquifer 堪萨斯农场主努力保护蓄水层 COLBY, KANSAS The Ogallala Aquifer is a large underground water resource that sits below parts of seven U.S. states in the Midwest. The aquifer is us

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary temple: a religious building where people gather to worship metropolis: a large, heavily populated city urban sprawl: the uncontrolled growth of a city erosion: the gradual loss of ground surface depletion: the using up or em

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'Last Call' Sounds Water Alarm in Dry World You dont have to be a scientist to understand if you take more water out of the bathtub than you put into the bathtub, the bathtub will eventually go empty, marine biologist Tim Barnett says in the film. Th

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Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests

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New satellite data reveal that groundwater in Northwest India is being depleted faster than it is being replenished by rainwater. Experts say the problem is being caused by farmers' excessive use of groundwater to irrigate their crops, and they warn

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Indias southern state of Kerala has passed a law allowing people to seek compensation(补偿) from U.S. soft drink company Coca Cola for alleged damages caused by a bottling plant. The companys Indian subsidiary has expressed disappointment at the le

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