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• Baked Australia: Water Management Lessons for the World from Down Under
  Australia is at the forefront of a global water crisis. Some of the management lessons learned there could help bail out California and other parched regions before they meet the same fate

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• Tree Ring Science and Tomorrow's Water
  Tree ring expert Kevin Anchukaitis, of the tree ring lab at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, talks about the information available in tree rings. And Colin Chartres, the director general of the International Water Management Institute, talks to Lynn Peeples about water issues. Plus, we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news, specifically the November issue of Scientific American magazine. Web sites related to this episode include http://snipurl.com/sciamwater; http://snipurl.com/sciamnov

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• Is Northwestern India's Breadbasket Running Out of Water?
  A new study using satellite data suggests the region is using more groundwater than is being replenished by rainfall

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• Confronting a World Freshwater Crisis
  As the global population grows--and freshwater supplies dwindle--ensuring that everyone has sufficient supplies of life-giving H2O has become an enormous challenge. Here's how to start.

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Scientific American Magazine
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