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More than 330 million Indians are desperate for water, leading some to rely on an ancient — and unproven — method to find it underground.

The fundamental unit of biology is not the self, but the network — and this view has practical consequences, says David George Haskell, author of The Song of Trees.

But it could still take weeks to contain the raging blaze in Southern California, which has destroyed nearly 100 homes and put more than 80,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders.

The historic nationwide drought has resulted in disaster declarations for more than half the counties in America. In the Southwest, parts of New Mexico and the Texas panhandle are in the worst shape.

Warming and longer summers in Greenland have raised hopes for expansion of agriculture on the island. But the summers have been drier, causing a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

Once a respected independence leader who called for "democratic rights," Zimbabwe's president became better known over the years as someone "who ruined his own country," says a Zimbabwean journalist.

The state may be in for more extreme dryness in coming years, thanks to the increasingly common "ridiculously resilient ridge."

A new report from the American Lung Association says San Diego air quality has recently taken a turn for the worse.

Firefighting agencies across San Diego County are on high alert Thursday as the Santa Ana winds driving four major wildfires in Southern California are expected to gain strength, with gusts stronger than 80 mph, and create extreme fire danger.

He told supports at a rally in Fresno Friday afternoon that water is in short supply because officials are sending it out to the ocean in order to save fish.