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Replacing those wells over the past year or so accounts for about 30 percent of Cummings business and represents a significant increase for her company. The drought, among the worst in state history, has affected the area in ways other than mandatory water restrictions and Burlington s decision to cut water sales to Greensboro by 35 percent. Dry conditions don t affect actual drilling, but the lack of ground moisture does make it easier for crews to get to sites, especially new...

Engineers working for the government of Norway, which is building the facility on the Svalbard archipelago, launched the cooling operation that, over the next two months, will bring the temperature of the sandstone rock surrounding the seed vault from its current -5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit), to -18 degrees Celsius (about 0 degrees Fahrenheit) Engineers working for the government of Norway, which is building the facility on the Svalbard archipelago, launched the cooling...

Almost dry and paperlike hydrangeas left in the garden this time of the year could be gathered with tall grasses, says Elaine Colombo, designer and co-owner of Lindsay Laine in Pittsford, a floral and home furnishings shop. Centerpieces can show off creative side Gather signs of the season to put the finishing touch on your Thanksgiving table Mary Chao Staff writer (November 17, 2007) Setting the stage for the perfect Thanksgiving gathering means bringing some of the warm autumnal colors...

Climate assessments by the Chinese government show agricultural productivity will fall by 5 per cent to 10 per cent if no action is taken, with the production of wheat, rice and corn decreasing by up to 37 per cent in the second half of the century. Countries such as Bangladesh are particularly vulnerable to climate change, with flooding and droughts destroying agriculture and homes and increasing disease, the report says. The working group's report, "Up in Smoke", calls on energy...