Water
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World
‘We Went Back to the Stone Age’
Namzi Mwafi, 23, has one job, day in and day out: find water for his family. Dozens of his extended family members are sheltering together in a two-bedroom apartment in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza near the territory’s border with Egypt, he says ...
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Fan Dies at Taylor Swift Concert in Rio’s Extreme Heat
Many fans fell sick at the show, where temperatures broke records and concertgoers complained of a lack of water. Saturday’s show could be even hotter.
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World
Dubai’s Costly Water World
For a desert city, Dubai appears like a water wonderland. Visitors can scuba dive in the world’s deepest pool or ski inside a mega mall where penguins play in freshly made snow. A fountain — billed as the world’s largest — sprays more than 22,000 ...
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Satellite imagery shows a water plant in Gaza City burned down amid a dire water shortage.
Fire has gutted a water treatment plant on the outskirts of Gaza City, satellite images captured on Thursday and Friday show — the latest evidence of damage to water infrastructure amid an increasingly dire shortage of clean water. A satellite ...
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Storms, Rising Seas and Salty Drinking Water Threaten Lower Louisiana
Where the Mississippi River ends, the compounding threats of drought and climate change put pressure on communities that feel forgotten.
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Politics
Old Faithful Is Boiling, Smelly and the Perfect Home for These Living Things
In one of Yellowstone National Park’s most well-known attractions, researchers discovered an extraordinary diversity of microbial life.
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World
Thirst and Hunger Grow in Besieged Gaza Amid Israeli Bombardment
Residents wait in line for hours for bread and water, with fights sometimes breaking out. The United Nations has called the situation a humanitarian catastrophe.
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World
A Glimpse Into Spain’s Future, Where Water Comes by Truck, Not Tap
Residents of Pozoblanco and 22 other villages in the country’s south have had to get their drinking water from tankers since April, when the reservoir serving the area dried up.
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World
A Severe Drought Pushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink
The planet’s biggest freshwater tank is in trouble. The Amazon rainforest, where a fifth of the world’s freshwater flows, is reeling from a powerful drought that shows no sign of abating. Likely made worse by global warming and deforestation, the ...
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World
Nearly Half of Gaza’s Population Displaced in Humanitarian Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza have left their homes in the past day alone. The U.N. warned the territory was in danger of running out of water.