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Anticyclone Hannibal to Bring Year’s First Real Heatwave in Italy

The African anticyclone Hannibal is set to bring the year's first real heatwave to Italy starting this weekend and peaking Tuesday, forecasters said Friday. \ Italy is already seeing temperatures eight degrees above the seasonal average and the heat wave...

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As Water Level Falls in Lake Mead, the Dead Bodies Show Up

byLa Voce di New York

Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, was formed by the creation of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. It supplies water to 40 million Americans, places that would probably be uninhabitable if not for the...

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Grass is Now Outlawed in Las Vegas

byLa Voce di New York

Grass is now outlawed. If you’ve traveled in the Southwest, then you know that landscaping there runs to sand, gravel and cactus. Yet there are houses where the owner seems to have a nostalgia for the Northeast and bravely—or foolishly—tries...

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“Sand Mafias” and Why Even Arabs Need to Import Sand from Australia

byGrace Russo Bullaro

"We know that we are using too much fresh water, we're cutting down too many trees, we're taking too many fish out of the oceans, and now we've come to find out we're using too much sand.”.... What are the...