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Putin’s War Against Ukraine Is Slaughtering Dolphins in the Black Sea
Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine has destroyed infrastructure and displaced about 5 million people from the country since last spring. The country’s conservationists have also noticed that the war is killing endangered Black Sea dolphins and harbour porpoises. Harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins have washed up dead on the Black Sea’s shores in droves since…
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Staggering Photos Show Lake Powell Nearly Dried Up
Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir and a key source of water and power for much of the West, is more parched than ever. Earlier this month, the lake dropped below 25% capacity, the federal government said, and has also lost 7% of its total potential capacity since 1963.
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What It Looks Like When A Dam Releases 368 Cubic Metres Of Water Per Second
Video: Water is a powerful mother and dams do everything in their power to control it, but sometimes they need to pump some of that water out. That is what’s happening in this video. Or well, that’s what the dam is trying to do. The floodwater looks more like it’s exploding away.
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Video: Exploring An Active Dam On Foot Is Not For The Faint-Hearted
Video: I think my heart is outside my body now, because it tried to leap out of my throat a number of times as I was watching James Kingston explore the Sepulveda Dam in Los Angeles from his point of view. Narrow beams, far jumps, high walls, obstacles, fear, normal human weaknesses don’t seem to…