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![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
Can cloud seeding help quench the thirst of the US West?
In the midst of a historic megadrought, states in the American West are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall.
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![photo of wildfire at night overlapping photo of hurricane damaged trees]()
![photo of wildfire at night overlapping photo of hurricane damaged trees]()
First a hurricane, now wildfire: Climate disasters are colliding in Florida
How Hurricane Michael fueled fires in the Panhandle.
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![Tropical fish and cauliflower coral in shallow water, Moorea lagoon, Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia.]()
![Tropical fish and cauliflower coral in shallow water, Moorea lagoon, Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia.]()
Rumors of this coral’s survival were greatly exaggerated
Bleached coral can suffer long-lasting reproductive effects.
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![Rear view of person in high viz safety vest and white hard hat standing at entrance to large sewage tunnel]()
![Rear view of person in high viz safety vest and white hard hat standing at entrance to large sewage tunnel]()
Cities are investing billions in new sewage systems. They’re already obsolete.
The use of decades-old rainfall estimates do not reflect current – let alone future – climate risk.
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![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
Amazon rainforest is nearing critical ‘tipping point’
New research indicates that the forest is losing its ability to recover from deforestation, fire, and drought.
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Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.
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![Blue sky with large, concentrated cloud of mosquitoes dotted across it]()
![Blue sky with large, concentrated cloud of mosquitoes dotted across it]()
Dengue, Lyme, and cholera: how climate change is spurring disease
The IPCC's latest climate report warns governments to prepare as diseases move into new regions.
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![In Mindanao, Philippines, siltation from a mine is washed down the river and into the ocean.]()
![In Mindanao, Philippines, siltation from a mine is washed down the river and into the ocean.]()
Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows
Rising temperatures pushing much more freshwater towards poles than climate models previously estimated.
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![Nansen Fracture]()
Time is running out to adapt to climate change, new IPCC report says
Region by region, the analysis describes “widespread, pervasive impacts” to ecosystems, people, settlements, and infrastructure.
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![refinery storage tanks and pipes with city buildings in background]()
![refinery storage tanks and pipes with city buildings in background]()
Satellites don’t lie: Methane emissions are 70% higher than reported
A new IEA report says oil and gas companies could earn a profit by plugging methane leaks.
