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Andrew Song and Luke Iseman of Make Sunsets ready for a launch. Iseman says they hope to someday cool the earth on a larger scale.

Startups want to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight. There are few rules and big risks

In a parking lot and on San Francisco Bay, NPR witnesses two different tests for solar geoengineering to tackle climate change. With much science unsettled, experts say regulations aren't keeping up.

Elephants at a water pan in Hwange National Park in north western Zimbabwe. The sanctuary has a capacity for 15,000 elephants, but it currently hosts more than 45,000 according to ZimParks, the country's wildlife management authority.

Drought is driving elephants closer to people. The consequences can be deadly

Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing, but climate change makes rainfall unpredictable. Animals travel farther in search of water now and often end up clashing with villagers for scarce resources

Clusters of African daisies bloom next to an overpass along Interstate 8 near Alpine, California on March 20, 2024. The bright orange and yellow flowers, easily mistaken for native California poppies, are the remnants of a decades-old federal wildflower program.

Scattered along San Diego’s highways, remnants of a decades-old program are abloom

Another wet winter is breathing new life into wildflowers planted years ago under a federal mandate.

3 cities face a climate dilemma: to build or not to build homes in risky places

Towns across the U.S. want to stop building homes that are vulnerable to climate-driven disasters, like wildfires, floods and droughts. It's easier said than done.

Special Election 2023: Rainbow, Fallbrook water districts detachment measure

Here’s everything Fallbrook and Rainbow voters need to know about the water divorce measures on the ballot this Nov. 7, 2023.

A view of a dry lake bed near the village of Conoplja, 150 kilometers north-west of Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.

The drought across Europe is drying up rivers, killing fish and shriveling crops

An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent, damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions and causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species.

Motorists on Highway 101 watch flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., on Wednesday.

California utility will pay $80M to settle claims its equipment sparked devastating 2017 wildfire

Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes and other structures in 2017.

The country's two biggest reservoirs are on the Colorado River. Water levels at Lake Powell have dropped steeply during the two-decade megadrought.

The Colorado River rarely reaches the sea. Here's why

More than half of the Colorado River's water is used to grow crops, primarily livestock feed, a new study finds. The river and its users are facing tough decisions as the climate warms.

Receding water in Utah's Great Salt Lake is seen on March 5. Environmentalists are suing the state to force water cutbacks to farmers to save the Great Salt Lake.

Farmers accused of drying up the imperiled Great Salt Lake say they can help save it

Environmentalists are suing Utah to force water cutbacks to farmers to save the Great Salt Lake. Farmers call the blame unfair and say that would have its own environmental and economic consequences.

Jared Davis stands beside his charter fishing boat, Salty Lady, as it sits in dry dock in Richmond on March 8, 2023.

No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and development.

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