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Record shooting contingent out to end India's 12-year medal drought

Barring Manu Bhaker, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Anjum Moudgil and Elavenil Valarivan, all will ex…

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Droughts are threatening California's water supply. The state is racing to save what's left.

The US faces a $625 billion cost to repair its drinking- and clean-water infrastructure.

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The US Army has been dredging the Mississippi River 24/7 for 6 months. The drought crisis that grounded barges and unearthed fossils may finally be over.

Drought along the Mississippi River may finally ease in February, ending a months-long spree of con…

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Summer heat and 'flash drought' dried up the Mississippi River, choking a crucial shipping corridor. It could devastate America's agricultural exports.

The Mississippi River is a crucial shipping artery for US agricultural exports. Its dwindling water…

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Meet California's new normal: more lightning, 30% less rain in wildfire season, and double the number of fire-risk days

California has seen nearly all its largest wildfires ever in the last 20 years because of climate c…

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India’s deadly drought: Villagers in Mokhada battle sleepless nights, snakes in search of water

The villagers in Mokhada, in the Palghar district of India’s western state of Maharashtra, can’t…

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The 2012 Drought Could Become Second Most Expensive Weather Event In History

With corn and bean prices high, livestock producer margins will decline the more that those prices …

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After The Drought Of 2012, The 'Spring Freezing' Of 2013 Is Ruining Crops Again

"We didn’t have that many tillers to start with,” Hodges said. “We didn’t come into the spring with…

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Volkswagen blasted unproven 'hail cannons' at the sky to prevent storms, and farmers are accusing them of causing drought

According to a 1965 paper by the Royal Meteorological Society, Herodotus and Caesar made note of th…

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An unstoppable force is making California's drought worse

Though heavy rainfall is expected to return to the state perhaps as soon as this winter, the resear…

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Digital health startups worth $7.6 billion are set to IPO, breaking a 3-year drought. Here's what 5 top VCs are keeping an eye on.

It's coming at a critical time for the market. Startups looking to apply technology to the healthca…

Lydia Ramsey   


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Here's What California's Historic Drought Will Do To The Economy

There are reasons to believe that this drought will have less severe implications. As shown on the …

Steven Perlberg   


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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…

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The 'father of the self-driving car' wants to solve the talent drought by training a new legion of driverless car engineers

As part of the program, Udacity has signed on hiring partners including Mercedes Benz, Didi Chuxing…

Biz Carson   


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NOAA: Climate Change Did Not Cause Last Year's Megadrought

I would have liked to have seen the paper mention the growing body of research that has linked unus…

Rob Wile   


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Résumé gaps don't have to kill your job search — here's what to say about them

A gap in your work history can be unnerving, but often it's best to list a reason for the disruptio…

Tim Paradis   


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How a California farmer is helping build a Black-led sustainable agriculture revolution

People of color are widely underrepresented in the farming community. Dennis Hutson has a mind to c…

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200 major glaciers disappeared in Italy due to climate change, the country's environmental lobby group reported

The lack of fresh water from glacial reserves is a significant contributor to the drought gripping …

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A criminology professor was charged with wildfire arson in California. The crime is far more common than you think.

Nine percent of wildfires in California are linked to arson, according to the California Department…

Erin Schumaker