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Geologists studying groundwater arsenic levels in India empower Bengali women, children

A Kansas State University geologist and graduate student are finding that the most important tools in their fieldwork on groundwater arsenic pollution are women and children armed with pamphlets and testing kits.

World's river deltas sinking due to human activity, says new study led by CU-Boulder

A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates most of the world's low-lying river deltas are sinking from human activity, making them increasingly vulnerable to flooding from rivers and ocean storms and putting tens of millions of people at risk.

Water levels dropping in some major rivers as global climate changes

BOULDER--Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow.

As world warms, water levels dropping in major rivers

Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a comprehensive study of global stream flows.

Stanford scientists find new solutions for the arsenic-poisoning crisis in Asia

Every day, more than 140 million people in southern Asia drink groundwater contaminated with arsenic. Thousands of people in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar and Vietnam die of cancer each year from chronic exposure to arsenic, according to the World Health Organization. Some health experts call it the biggest mass poisoning in history.

Geologists studying groundwater arsenic levels in India empower Bengali women, children

World's river deltas sinking due to human activity, says new study led by CU-Boulder

Water levels dropping in some major rivers as global climate changes

As world warms, water levels dropping in major rivers

Stanford scientists find new solutions for the arsenic-poisoning crisis in Asia

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