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Here is an article in the New York Times that investigates issues related to water management in the Western States by focusing on the Rio Grande. The article discusses some of the potential effects that can be linked to a warming climatic system, and also discusses the legal situation concerning the distribution of the Rio Grande's waters.
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A few years ago, the city of Boston in Massachusetts took a chance on a new technology to improve its transportation. A massive drilling machine was constructed to dig tunnels underneath the city so that highways could be transferred from the surface to subterranean tubes. This same technology is being used to improve transportation in downtown Seattle, right on the waterfront, by tunneling underground to eventually replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Here is a website that has information related to the status of the project.
In recent weeks, the state of California's water supply (and lack thereof) has been covered in quite a few news articles and stories. This is a multidimensional geographic issue since the large population of California relies on water for a variety of domestic, commercial, and agricultural uses. See the story linked here for more information about the impacts of a scarce and diminishing natural resource.
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