Trash Islands in Earth’s Oceans October 13, 2008 | About Geography Trash of all types finds its way into Earth's oceans where it... Plastic Trash Is Stinking Up the Mediterranean July 23, 2007 | The Independent With about 2000 pieces of discarded plastic per square kilometer, the Mediterranean... Solar Trash Bins Save Money, Space August 3, 2009 | MSNBC The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has introduced 500 solar-powered trash compactors to... Drought in China February 20, 2009 | Reuters People in China are suffering from the most severe drought the country... Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Observe Hidden Underground Water Processes March 24, 2008 | Soil Science Society of America The Soil Science Society of America has a publication on the use... Uses of Lead in China August 21, 2007 | MSN Money China has taken a lot of bad press and economic losses as... Aibi Lake (China) Is Shrinking Fast December 5, 2007 | China.org Aibi Lake is the largest salt lake in Xinjiang, China. A... Video: Huge Rock Ruins Bridge in China July 26, 2009 | CNN A huge rock hit a bridge in southwest China and completely collapsed... Printable Soil and Ground Water Guides October 25, 2007 | Enviro-Tech Services Company Enviro-Tech Services Company has some nice printable data sheets that might be... China Arrests Fossil Smugglers June 20, 2007 | Scotsman.com Customs officials in China arrested three people who were mailing fossils out... Low Altitude Clouds Over China December 13, 2008 | Earth Observatory "Low clouds hug the ground, seeping into the valleys between the peaks... Monitoring Ground Water January 21, 2009 | USGS Monitoring ground water is especially important in the southwestern part of the... Garbage in the Ocean March 16, 2009 | Reuters Thousands of people volunteered last September to retrieve trash from the ocean... Nitrate in US Ground Water September 27, 2008 | Soil Science Society of America Results of a 16-year study of nitrate in United States ground waters... Chemical Spill in China Threatens Water Supplies June 11, 2008 | Terra Daily Water supplies for about 200,000 people in the Guangxi Province of southwestern... Chinese Drywall Problem November 24, 2009 | CNN Between 2005 and 2007 the housing boom and hurricane rebuilding caused a... Satellite Images of Tangjiashan Lake and Landslide Dam – China June 10, 2008 | Earth Observatory The May 12th earthquake in China triggered many large landslides that dammed... Broken Ice Dam Forces 13,000 From Homes in China March 27, 2008 | Earth Observatory Cold weather in China caused one of the heaviest ice accumulations in... Perth, Australia Running Out of Ground Water May 7, 2007 | BBC News The city of Perth is located on the edge of a desert... China Launches a Lunar Orbiter October 28, 2007 | National Post China has launched a rocket that will transport a satellite to the... |