How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
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Mississippi River levels are dropping too low for barges to float
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This 100% solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage
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Photos: Hurricane Ian leaves path of destruction
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How San Francisco’s recycled water program stumbled into performative environmentalism
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California’s drought regulators lose big case. What it means for state’s power to police water
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Pakistan's deadly floods have created a 100km-wide inland lake, satellite images show
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Extreme China heatwave could lead to global chaos and food shortages
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China's worst heat wave on record is crippling power supplies
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Fagradalsfjall has been spewing lava for the past few days – as spectators angled their phones for the perfect shot, three tourists have been injured
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Solar power is bailing Texas out this summer
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Rio Grande runs dry in Albuquerque for the first time in forty years
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Reaching closer to Earth's core, one lava scoop at a time – 2021 eruption in Iceland gave researchers rare and illuminating access to the mantle
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Wildfires rage in France and Spain as heatwaves sear Europe
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How people live off a garbage mountain that keeps catching on fire | World Wide Waste
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California imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area
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Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
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The world has no choice but to care about India’s heat wave
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'Unprecedented' water restrictions ordered for millions in Southern California
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Heatwave in India breaks records, still worsening
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California pumps too much groundwater, especially during droughts. Now, it's learning to refill the overdrawn bucket.
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A stereo movie created by NASA researchers shows the altitude of the Tonga plume during the eruption
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Tsunami hits Tonga after giant volcano eruption
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What happened in Colorado was something much scarier than a wildfire
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Gathering storm: The industrial infrastructure catastrophe looming over America’s gulf coast
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'Inexcusable': Amazon under fire after warehouse collapse kills at least six
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The Thames Barrier must never fail. Here's why it doesn't.
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Unable to travel back to Iceland to see a volcano erupt, Sigur Rós star Jónsi reenacted it with sound installations, scents and sculptures in a New York City exhibit
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Pompeii still has buried secrets - The first major excavations in decades shed light on how ordinary citizens shopped and snacked—and where slaves slept
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Flood damage cuts all rail access to Canada's largest port of Vancouver
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Is someone making artificial earthquakes under La Palma? (No.)
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US west coast braces for ‘atmospheric river’ as huge storm brews
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UN report warns of global water crisis (floods and droughts) amid climate change
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US civil engineers bent the rules to give New Orleans extra protection from hurricanes
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Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, and drought shake global markets
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The secret to preventing killer heatwaves isn’t what you think
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Massive fire threatens Lake Tahoe, more ordered to flee
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The Middle East is running out of water
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Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined
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An interview with air-quality specialist Sarah Coefield about wildfire smoke, ventilation, long-term effects on health, and more
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I tried to film a volcano and it was a complete disaster
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PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
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A volcanic eruption came at just the right time for Iceland's stricken tourism industry
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Can we survive extreme heat?
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How severe is the drought gripping the American West? See for yourself
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A volcanic eruption triggers earthquakes and fears of lake methane explosions in eastern Congo
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In the Klamath Basin, pretty much everybody’s feeling the pain
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How do you film on an erupting volcano? A live music performance by Kaleo and at least one couple have been filmed getting married at Fagradalsfjall
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Drought in Mexico reaches critical levels as lakes dry up
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Marin to be first big Bay Area water agency to push ahead with water restrictions
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