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Get Ready for Stage 2 Water Use Restrictions

One week from today, on August 24th, the city will be imposing stage two water use restrictions to combat the extreme drought we're facing.

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Submitted by bluegreenproject on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 9:44pm

Return of El Niño

The NOAA has announced that El Niño is returning to the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which means higher than normal ocean surface temperatures and the possibility of a wet fall for Austin.

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Submitted by bluegreenproject on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 4:23pm

Albedo Austin

As I was walking home along one of our boiling black asphalt streets this afternoon, I got to thinking about albedo. If all of our streets were white, they would reflect the sun's heat back into the atmosphere, rather than trapping it down here with us on an already hot summer day.

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Submitted by bluegreenproject on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 6:16pm

Ecological Networking

"Ecology (from Greek oîkos, "house"; -λογία, -logos, study of) is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms and their interactions with their environment."[1]

An eco-system is a natural unit of interdependent organisms in an area functioning together with the physical environment. These can be divided into many subunits, such as individual species, societies or habitats. All of these systems are best understood as a web or network of relationships. Each organism is an intersection of the myriad of relationships within the larger ecosystem.

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Submitted by bluegreenproject on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 4:02pm
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