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How this tiny beetle could help solve our water crisis

Two-thirds of the world's population faces an extreme water shortage at least one month a year. Many of these places are dry, arid deserts with no reliable source of fresh water — other than fog, that...

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Coffee is the latest commodity to hit multi-year highs as Brazil drought...

Summary List PlacementPrices of arabica coffee moved above $1.60 per pound last Friday for the first time since the fall of 2016.Coffee prices have risen nearly 70% in the past year and currently trade...

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California drought could have devastating consequences for the state's...

Summary List PlacementHello! This story is from today's edition of Morning Brew, an awesome daily email read by 2.9 million next-generation leaders like you. Sign up here to get it!The latest shortage...

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A 'megadrought' in California is expected to lead to water shortages for...

Summary List PlacementA megadrought in California is threatening to push food prices even higher.The state is already facing its worst water shortage in four years and the its driest season has only...

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Utah governor asks residents to pray for rain to combat a severe drought

Summary List PlacementGOP Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah on Thursday asked state residents to engage in a "weekend of prayer" for rain amid a severe drought.Cox's request came after he declared a state of...

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Mexico's air force has a new mission: seeding clouds to combat drought

Summary List PlacementThe Mexican air force has been assigned a new mission: seeding clouds in an effort to combat the prolonged drought.The drought has affected as much as 85% of Mexico's territory...

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Photos show historically low reservoirs across California as drought and a...

Summary List PlacementCalifornia's reservoirs are shriveling up as drought and an early heat wave afflict the state. The water levels are so low that a key hydroelectric power plant will likely have to...

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Western US power grids are straining to keep up as sweltering heatwaves persist

Summary List PlacementCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency on Thursday as its power grid struggles to match rising demand. Heat waves continue to ravage the region, pushing...

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Take a look at some of the lakes in California that have been swallowed up by...

Summary List PlacementCalifornia is facing its worst drought in over four years.Over 37 million people have already been impacted by the "megadrought" and nearly 95% of the state has been classified as...

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California just avoided blackouts, but experts say the risk remains for the...

Summary List PlacementCalifornia avoided blackouts from the latest drought, but the threat is far from over for this summer, experts warned on Saturday.Power grids were under severe strain from from...

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Drought maps show the western US at its driest in 20 years — a ticking time...

Summary List PlacementThe western US was already withering in severe drought when a heat wave struck last week. Temperatures reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit in Las Vegas, 115 in Phoenix, and over 110...

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Photos show the 'bathtub ring' along a parched Los Angeles reservoir as...

Summary List PlacementThe 3-mile-long San Gabriel Reservoir, nestled in the mountains above Los Angeles, is running dry.California had significantly less rain and snow this year, and drought conditions...

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Images from space show California's forests and lakes drying out in a record...

Summary List PlacementThe climate crisis is bearing down hard on the western US.Historic drought and heat are converging on western states to create the perfect storm for depleted reservoirs, strained...

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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom asks California residents to cut water use by 15% as...

Summary List PlacementCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom asked residents of the Golden State Thursday to cut their water use by 15% as drought conditions intensify across the western US. The Democratic...

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AppHarvest's CEO says US drought conditions are a national security concern....

Summary List PlacementJonathan Webb, the CEO of AppHarvest, says water scarcity is a growing national security concern as a heatwave continues to wreak havoc on the West Coast. "We are at a very, very...

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Utah is encouraging people to catch up to twice the fish they're normally...

Summary List PlacementUtah officials are loosening limits on fishing, in some cases allowing people to catch and keep twice as many fish as they previously could, as heat and drought conditions...

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There's a water shortage in Iran as temperatures hit 120F. Security forces...

Summary List PlacementIranian security fired live rounds at protestors amid water shortages and soaring temperatures, a human rights group and media reports say. The protests began in the arid,...

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Americans are flocking to a region in climate crisis

Summary List PlacementThe American Southwest has seen skyrocketed population growth over the last year. And while many Americans flock to the region for a lower cost of living and "better quality of...

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The amount of warming that world leaders collectively agreed to avoid? It's...

Summary List PlacementWhen world leaders from 195 countries gathered in Paris almost six years ago, they agreed to try to cut greenhouse-gas emissions enough to keep global temperatures from rising...

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Water cuts are coming to Arizona and Nevada after the US declared the...

Summary List PlacementFor the first time ever, the US federal government has declared a water shortage on the Colorado River.That's because Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, is lower than it's...

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