How a huge rainfall simulator helps Japan study and prevent landslides
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Iceland battles a lava flow – countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock
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Iceland residents of Grindavík, first evacuated in November, have been told to evacuate again after volcanic fissures opened
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Saving the drought stricken Panama Canal will take years and cost billions, if it’s even possible
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Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 820 feet
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Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate
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Hooked on volcanoes? Tourists vie to catch Iceland's eruptions.
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The world’s largest earthquake simulator, and how it works
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After 800 years, volcanic activity has returned to Reykjanes – Andri Snær Magnason reflects on the Icelandic relationship with volcanoes
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Eruption has started in Iceland
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Why is the Colorado River running dry?
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‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods
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US emergency risk index used for allocating disaster prevention and mitigation spending ignores coastal Washington tsunami risk and other predictable disasters
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Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies
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Weather extremes threaten food security (2012)
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Bamboo rising: Lari Octa Green shelters by Yasmeen Lari in Sindh province, Pakistan
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In the face of mounting climate risks, the US insurance safety net is falling apart
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Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice
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Icelandic authorities are building protective walls around a geothermal power plant in the country's southwest to protect it from possible lava flows
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Iceland volcano won't spew more carbon than humanity – social media is once again filling up with such claims, as it always does when volcanoes make news
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Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a Fagradalsfjall volcanic eruption
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
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Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption – scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phase
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Drought and salt tolerant pumpkins grown for food in Bangladesh - potential uses worldwide
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Drought in Amazon Rainforest makes water level in Manaus sink to just thirteen meters, the lowest since records began
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Asin tibuok, nicknamed the dinosaur egg, is one of the rarest salts in the world. Only a few families on a small island in the Philippines still make it. | Still Standing
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Geiranger in Norway, where a fissure growing in the side of a cliff could dislodge a rockslide so powerful it unleashes a deadly tsunami
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Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold
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Summer of severe heatwaves predicted for Australia as Bureau of Meteorology declares El Niño
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Growing fire risks, rising insurance costs, home owner concerns, spell opportunity for fire hardening and prevention industry
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Libya flooding: 10,000 people thought to be missing after dams burst
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Do droughts make floods worse?
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Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams
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A deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the historic Moroccan city of Marrakesh
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Three big, bold ideas to douse the flames of a world on fire
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As Hurricane Idalia caused US flooding, some electric vehicles exposed to saltwater caught fire
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Should airships make a comeback?
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Machines can't always take the heat: How heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
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Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
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As Idalia hit Florida, all of NOAA’s hurricane-hunting planes were grounded
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Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured 'trophies' after wildfire season
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In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived.
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Greece gripped by wildfires, national park threatened along with people and towns
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Drought-hit Panama Canal to restrict access for one year
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Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire
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Volcanoes don't just erupt on schedule – but they have been in Iceland
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Tenerife wildfire 'started deliberately' as blazes in Greece force evacuations
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US Federal Emergency Management Agency funds run short - Vermont lawmakers lobby for emergency funding for flood damaged state
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Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the Southwest US
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Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing
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