As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces an ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City.
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The Coming California Megastorm
A different ‘Big One’ is approaching. Climate change is hastening its arrival.
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Global warming to cause a U.S. "Extreme Heat Belt," study warns
The country is already seeing the impacts of hotter, more widespread heat waves.
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Water becomes a black market south of the border, experts say scarcity could impact Texas border communities soon
Experts working near international water reservoirs on the border say that the severe drought currently happening throughout the American West and Northern Mexico may soon have dire effects across South Texas as well.
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Pigs to the Rescue: An Invasive Species Helped Save Australia’s Crocodiles
Invasive species can damage the ecosystems they wind up in. But in parts of the world, endangered predators make hearty meals out of them.
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Stop the sinkhole: Council probes NYC infrastructure needs amid extreme weather
The hearing comes on the heels of a series of brutal heat waves.
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Heavy rainfall hits Paris, flooding several metro stations
Torrential rainfall hit Paris on Tuesday evening after a recent heatwave across France, flooding metro stations in the French capital.
www.france24.com
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European drought unearths sunken Nazi warships, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ — The Washington Post
Archaeologists are rushing to study some of the surfaced relics amid the worst drought that Europe has seen in centuries.
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