Word: wetter
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Precipitation in the U.S. has increased an average of 5% in the past 50 years. Models show Northern areas getting wetter, while the South and West grow drier
...Researchers have found creatures living at boiling vents on the floor of the ocean, in desert sands that virtually never see water; fossilized remains of microorganisms have even been found inside of rocks. Antarctic life, however, has always been a more complex matter. Antarctica was once a warmer, wetter land than it is now, but continental migration pushed it from place to place, leaving it - for the current epoch at least - at the bottom of the planet, where it became little more than a frozen desert. Its valleys are some of the driest places on the Earth, receiving less than...
...Angeles suburb is known for swimming pools, golf courses and lush lawns - all of which need water. But like much of Southern California, Orange County is dry and getting drier, and the aquifer from which the county pumps much of its water is slowly draining. Importing water from wetter Northern California is an option, but an expensive one (at least $530 per acre-foot, or about 326,000 gal., of water). Meanwhile, population growth means that officials have to do something with the increasing amount of wastewater that residents and businesses are producing. (See the world's most polluted places...
...which is more than enough to demonstrate Ludacris can still poke fun at himself. Luda’s most brilliant moments are those metaphors that make you laugh out loud with their bizarre lewdness or popular culture references, such as when he promises to make you “wetter than Michael Phelps.” Ludacris has always been one of the downright funniest hip-hop lyricists, and “One More Drink,” with an appearance from T-Pain, keeps the punchlines flowing. “Theater of the Mind” seems to have...
...these policies are having an effect. From being one of the most wasteful cities in the U.S.--in the 1980s, Las Vegas used almost twice as much water per capita as did far wetter New York--Vegas may now get more economic bang for its water than any other place on earth. Though the city has grown by 300,000 people since 2002, it uses less water today than it did six years ago, and leakage is below 5%. "Failure is not an option," says Mulroy...