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Katie Canales
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Watch what would happen if all the ice on Earth melted overnight
The rest of that 1% is hanging out underground, mostly in the Arctic tundra, as something called pe…
Andrea Schmitz,Bob Hunt
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What if all the clouds disappeared forever?
Clouds cover about 70% of the planet at any moment. But what if - poof - they all disappeared? Long…
Tien Nguyen,Andrea Schmitz
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California's mega-farms have a dark side that could put our supply of fruits, vegetables, and nuts at risk
In the center of California lies one of the most important agricultural areas in the US - an 18,000…
Aria Bendix
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Tribal nations are fighting a pipeline expansion putting livelihoods at risk. Why they say their voices were silenced.
Indigenous communities say they didn't get a choice with Line 3 pipeline. They are still demanding …
DeArbea Walker
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A majority of the world's major water sources are being depleted faster than they can be refilled
Famiglietti says this creates a self-reinforcing cycle where people who live closer to the equator …
Matthew Speiser
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California may finally be coming out of its horrendous drought - but a water expert warns it's not over yet
For one thing, there has been a lot of rain, meaning that most of the state's precipitation and sno…
Erin Brodwin
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A former gym teacher who built a hotel empire just became North Dakota's first billionaire, and his take on money lines up with what many of the world's richest self-made people say
Business Insider's Hillary Hoffower previously reported that many billionaires enjoy making money m…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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A scary amount of uranium is contaminating the drinking water of 6 million US residents
Nitrate has also been shown to have adverse health effects on humans, although it mostly affects pe…
Barbara Tasch
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Much of ?California's incredible new 'windfall' of underground water may be unusable
In a press release Jackson was careful to note that, just because groundwater is underneath or near…
Sarah Kramer
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The Earth's Freshwater Reserves Are Disappearing
In many parts of the world, in particular in the dry, mid-latitudes, far more water is used than is…
NASA Earth Observatory
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Yellowstone National Park is using 'thirsty' concrete that absorbs 3,000 gallons of water per hour
Flexi-Pave is 23% porous, thanks to a careful combination of tires, stone, and a proprietary binder…
Chris Weller
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Scientists have made artisan vodka from contaminated grain grown in Chernobyl's radioactive exclusion zone
"So we took rye that was slightly contaminated and water from the Chernobyl aquifer and we distille…
Tom Murray
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OPINION: West Asia is building up to a Turkey-Egypt catastrophe in Libya
As I settled down to write on Libya, the news ticker opened up the whole West Asian vista. …
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A glacier in China is melting at an unprecedented rate — but it is India that may end up paying the price
A cluster of Chinese glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate — and could have disastrous cons…
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A Russian immigrant founded America's only beluga caviar farm by importing the fish right before the US banned it. Now he has a lucrative monopoly.
We visited one of the largest beluga farms in the world to find out how this expensive delicac…
Graham Flanagan
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SpaceX is about to launch 2 NASA satellites that will scan Earth for gravitational anomalies - here's how to watch live
To get these gravitational measurements, the two satellites will fly 220 kilometers (137 miles) apa…
Jeremy Berke
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A new solar-power device can turn salt water into clean drinking water and produce electricity at the same time
On the reverse side, the nation's thermoelectric power plants withdraw up to 170 billion gallons of…
Aria Bendix
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Gwyneth Paltrow is tapping into the 'marketing trick of the century' with a Goop-approved water brand
Flow is an alkaline spring water brand, sourced from Ontario, Canada. According to the company, the…
Kate Taylor
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20 extreme photos of water pollution around the world
Toxic chemicals from industrial processes, such as those used in fracking or in the process of dril…