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A Frog Wedding Was Held in Karnataka in a Desperate Bid to Make It Rain
The event's organisers even sent out invitation cards, got custom wedding clothes made for the frogs, and arranged for them to go on a honeymoon.
An Indigenous Community Might Just Rescue Bengaluru From a Water Crisis
The prediction of a parched Bengaluru becoming ‘unlivable’ by 2025 has brought the well-digging Manuvaddar community back in focus.
Photos of Dirt, Death, and Darkness in the Australian Outback
We spoke to photographer Will Vickers about his experience capturing life and death on a sheep station.
Britain Will Have Water Shortages In 25 Years Thanks to Climate Change, Environment Chief Says
Climate change could bring about the “jaws of death,” says the head of the UK’s Environment Agency.
Government Climate Report Spotlights Costly Damage of Extreme Weather In 2018
Last year, 14 natural disasters caused at least $1 billion in damage each.
“Diablo winds” could make California’s massive wildfires even worse
Unusually hot and dry conditions will almost certainly exacerbate the problem, according to NOAA.
Photos of Australian Landscapes Ravaged By Humans
From dustbowl farms to incinerated forests—we're really making a mess.
The Arctic is on fire, and you can see it from space
More than 50 wildfires are burning in parts of Sweden inside the Arctic Circle, according to the European Space Agency.
In Drought-Stricken Australia it's Cheaper for Cows to Eat Watermelon Than Hay
“They were sort of looking at it, going ‘where’s me hay?”
Cape Town Is Surveilling Residents to Shame Them Into Using Less Water
Officials are posting data from individual houses to try and convince people to conserve water—at the cost of their privacy.
Cape Town cops are punishing people for using too much water
Cape Town has deployed police to fine anyone using more than their share of water.