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The Impacts and Costs of Climate Change

Description: The effects of global climate change from greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) are diverse and potentially very large, and probably constitute the most serious long-term environmental issue currently facing the world. This paper is prepared as task 1 of the project 'Modelling support for Future Actions - Benefits and Cost of Climate Change Policies and Measures', ENV.C.2/2004/0088, led by K.U.Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The paper provides a rapid review and analysis of the impacts and ec… more
Date: September 2005
Creator: Watkiss, Paul; Downing, Tom; Handley, Claire & Butterfield, Ruth
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Water Quality Aspects of an Intermittent Stream and Backwaters in an Urban North Texas Watershed

Description: Pecan Creek flows southeast through the City of Denton, Texas. Characterized as an urban watershed, the basin covers approximately 63.5 km2. Pecan Creek is an intermittent stream that receives nonpoint runoff from urban landuses, and the City of Denton's wastewater treatment plant, Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant, discharges effluent to the stream. Downstream from the City of Denton and the wastewater treatment plant, Pecan Creek flows about 6,000 m through agricultural, pasture, and for… more
Date: August 2002
Creator: Taylor, Ritchie Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Sense of Place

Description: Lesson plan containing a collection of activities and resources regarding sense of place that meet state education standards and national sustainability standards for the 2nd grade level.
Date: August 29, 2014
Creator: Treadway, Heather
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Office of Sustainability
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[News Clip: Graford]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 8, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rain a blessing? Well, yes and no]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Lee Elsesser about the impact of recent rain and persistent drought on cotton and pecan crops and cattle. This story is referenced by the script, "Dry," which has not yet been digitized.
Date: September 6, 1967
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Wildfires

Description: "This indicator tracks the frequency, extent, and severity of wildfires in the United States."
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Outdoors]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 30, 1990, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Farm show]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 6, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Dinkie and Birdie McGee to Mary , Linnet and Charles B. Moore, August 7, 1891]

Description: Letter from Dinkie wrote about her family's health; the dry, windy weather; she went to a dinner at the Guild Smiths and was not happy with the manners of the people who showed up; she ends her part of the letter by giving an account of what they had for dinner. Birdie wrote her cousin Linnet about the shortage of water; making cider; the flower garden; and the start of school.
Date: August 7, 1891
Creator: McGee, Dinkie & McGee, Birdie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Alice Griffin to Mary, Linnet, and Charles B. Moore, June 29, 1896]

Description: Letter from Alice Griffin to the Charles B. Moore family. She writes that she is unwell and able to do little but tend to the baby. She says that Florence Dodd is unwell and Florence and her husband Tobe are having a hard time financially. She describes her baby, Lillian Griffin. Included with the letter are swatches of fabric that she has used to make clothing.
Date: June 29, 1896
Creator: Griffin, Alice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: National news summary]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Vietnam war, an investigation, an election, and weather.
Date: April 27, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Dynamics of Stream Fish Metacommunities in Response to Drought and Re-connectivity

Description: This dissertation investigates the spatio-temporal dynamics of intermittent stream fish metacommunities in response drought-induced fragmentation and re-connectivity using both field and experimental approaches. A detailed field study was conducted in two streams and included pre-drought, drought, and post-drought hydrological periods. Fish assemblages and metacommunity structure responded strongly to changes in hydrological conditions with dramatic declines in species richness and abundance du… more
Date: August 2015
Creator: Driver, Lucas J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Evaluation of the Response of the Big Sioux Aquifer to Extreme Drought Conditions in Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Description: From purpose and approach of study: The purpose of this study was to use the digital-computer model developed from the previous study (Koch, 1982) to examine the effects on the aquifer of a pumping rate of 25 million gallons a day under the worst-drought conditions that occurred during 1974-78. A frequency rating was determined for the most severe low-flow condition in the Big Sioux River.
Date: 1983
Creator: Koch, Neil C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Water levels]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: May 1, 1981
Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Potentiometric Surface of the Floridian Aquifer and Its Use in Management of Water Resources, St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida

Description: "The purpose of this report is to explain potentiometric surface maps and their value in assessing the resource, particularly during drought conditions. It is intended to convey a lay understanding of the process by which gains or losses of freshwater storage in the aquifer are determined."
Date: 1983
Creator: Rodis, H. G. & Munch, D. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of the Drought of 1980-81 on Streamflow and on Ground-Water Levels in Georgia

Description: From purpose and scope: This report examines and discusses the severity, areal extent, and duration of the 1980-81 drought in Georgia. This drought produced the lowest rates of streamflow since 1954 in most areas of the State and the lowest since 1925 in some areas.
Date: 1983
Creator: Carter, Robert F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wildfire Influence on Rainfall Chemistry and Deposition in Texas during the 2011-2014 Drought

Description: From 2011 to 2014, one of the most severe and intense droughts in Texas recorded history led to widespread wildfires across the state, with unknown effects on atmospheric nutrient and pollutant deposition. The objectives of this research were to: (1) characterize the frequency, magnitude, and spatiotemporal distribution of Texas wildfires (2011-2014); (2) identify smoke occurrence and source regions at eight Texas National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) National Trends Network (NTN) site… more
Date: August 2021
Creator: Williamson, Thomas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Coffee Tasters]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 12, 1989, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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