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Harvey is already the worst rainstorm in U.S. history, and it’s still raining
“We tell people to prepare for the worst, but this is worse than the worst!"
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Hurricane Harvey brings some of the heaviest downpours anyone has ever seen
A year's worth of rain could fall on parts of Texas this week.
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A Texas-size flood threatens the Gulf Coast, and we’re so not ready
As much as 40 inches of rain could hit parts of Texas and Louisiana. Meteorologists are getting worried.
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Damaged river ecosystems could use a whole lot more dead fish
To make good habitat for live salmon, you have to have a lot of dead ones first.
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Greenland, the land of ice and snow, is burning
A wildfire like this is so unusual in Greenland that it caught experts off guard.
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We know more about other planets’ moons than our own ocean floor
Only 5 percent of the sea floor is mapped. Here's the plan to fix that.
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The Pacific Northwest’s fiery week warns of hotter times to come
This ain’t normal -- but it might be someday.
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‘Flash drought’ could devastate half the High Plains wheat harvest
Get ready for more dry disasters that appear out of nowhere.
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See how today’s Arctic melting compares to the ’80s
“It really shows that we’re in a very different Arctic.”
