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Dubai Is Creating Artificial Rainstorms With Drones
The Middle East, already on the edge of human habitability due to extreme heat, could become unlivable by mid-century due to rising temperatures and falling water tables. In an effort to insulate the region from worsening conditions, the United Arab Emirates has turned to a, uh, unique solution: electrical charge-shooting drones that could help juice…
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Skies Across the U.S. Go Hazy as Wildfire Smoke Spreads
Millions of people across the U.S. and Canada woke up to smoke-choked air on Tuesday. The source: intense wildfires burning thousands of kilometres away in western North America. Yes, the western wildfires are now everyone’s problem, proving for the millionth time that nobody will be spared from climate change and that the impacts can be…
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Smoke Plume From Western Wildfires Stretches 4,184 KM to Greenland
Satellite images show that smoke has travelled thousands of miles from fires burning in the Pacific Northwest and California to reach the skies of Greenland. It’s expected to keep moving east, and impacts from the West’s raging wildfire season may soon be felt across the pond.
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‘Forever Chemicals’ From Fracking Are the Nightmare Nobody Asked For
In a mashup of two environmental dangers, fracking has been producing PFAS. For at least a decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allowed oil companies to use certain chemicals for fracking, even though the agency knew they could degrade into PFAS — a group of highly toxic chemical compounds — over time.