Water
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Newyork
In Mexico, a House That Returns to the Well
This article is part of our Design special section about water as a source of creativity. Years of abnormally low rainfall, higher-than-normal temperatures and aging infrastructure have led to a dangerously low water supply for Mexico City. The issue ...
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World
Images of a Brazilian City Underwater
Anderson da Silva Pantaleão was at the snack bar he owns last Friday when clay-colored water began filling the streets in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. Soon, it was rushing into his ground-floor shop. By 9 p.m., the water was up to his ...
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News
Drought That Snarled Panama Canal Was Linked to El Niño, Study Finds
The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded.
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World
Tracing the Long, Winding Path of an Ancient Roman Aqueduct
The stone arches looped solemnly over their shadows, some teetering above the grass, some sinking into it. It was a dazzling January morning, and I was standing in the Park of the Aqueducts, about 20 minutes by metro from central Rome. Here, the ...
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US
The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the water being pumped from under their feet. Giant farms have turned Arizona’s remote deserts about 100 miles ...
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World
Heavy Rains Hit Southern China as Hong Kong Spots a Waterspout
Bad weather in Guangdong Province forced evacuations as forecasters warned of more rain and potential flooding.
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Newyork
We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way.
When I was 12 years old, I sat inside a raucous tent revival in West Texas, gripping my seat in fear that a traveling evangelist would accuse me of killing my father. A healthy former Air Force pilot who’d averaged an eight-minute mile in the New ...
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World
Heavy Rains Hit Southern China as Hong Kong Spots a Waterspout
Bad weather in Guangdong Province forced evacuations as forecasters warned of more rain and potential flooding.
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News
$1.1 Million Homes in Amsterdam
A three-bedroom houseboat, a duplex in a 19th-century brick building and a renovated townhouse with a roof terrace.
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World
Floods Batter Russia and Kazakhstan, Forcing Tens of Thousands to Evacuate
More than 100,000 people had to leave their homes after spring floods engulfed cities and villages in vast sections of neighboring countries.