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Read more about New Landsat 9 Offers Variety of Resource Stories [1]

Climate Resiliency — When a Disaster Becomes a Cascade [18]

It sometimes feels like journalists lurch from one catastrophe (or hurricane, flood, wildfire, heat wave) to the next. But that can mean missing the bigger story: Disasters, increasingly linked to climate extremes, are often interlocking events, in which one system failure causes the next and the next. The latest Backgrounder explores three case studies, and how news media can focus attention on steps toward resilience.

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Cowabunga: "Scientists Drove A Robotic Surfboard Into Hurricane Sam" [33]

"Scientists with Saildrone and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration managed to drive a robotic surfboard into the core of Category 4 Hurricane Sam on Thursday, in a first-of-its-kind scientific mission as they try to better understand hurricanes."

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Source: Washington Post [34], 10/01/2021

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As Oregon Plans To Protect Homes From Wildfire, Homebuilders Push Back [35]

"The green metal roof on Mary Bradshaw's house gleams amid scorched earth and dead, blackened trees. All of the surrounding homes burned in last year's Beachie Creek Fire in Oregon's Santiam Canyon, but hers was untouched."

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Source: NPR [36], 09/30/2021

Read more about As Oregon Plans To Protect Homes From Wildfire, Homebuilders Push Back [35]

Scientists Could Bring Back Woolly Mammoths. But Maybe They Shouldn't [37]

"Using recovered DNA to "genetically resurrect" an extinct species — the central idea behind the Jurassic Park films — may be moving closer to reality with the creation this week of a new company that aims to bring back woolly mammoths thousands of years after the last of the giants disappeared from the Arctic tundra."

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Source: NPR [39], 09/15/2021

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"To Keep The Lights On, New Orleans’ Grid Needs To Change — Here’s How" [40]

"Proponents of renewable energy see a better way to keep power through storms expected to get stronger: make energy generation much more community-based."

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Source: National Geographic [41], 09/09/2021

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Toyota Plans $13.5 Bln To Develop Electric Vehicle Battery Tech By 2030 [42]

"Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it expected to spend more than $13.5 billion by 2030 to develop batteries and its battery supply system, in a bid to take a lead in the key automotive technology over the next decade."

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Source: Reuters [45], 09/08/2021

Read more about Toyota Plans $13.5 Bln To Develop Electric Vehicle Battery Tech By 2030 [42]

Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible? [46]

"Cryptocurrencies have emerged as one of the most captivating, yet head-scratching, investments in the world. They soar in value. They crash. ... And in the process of simply existing, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the most popular, use astonishing amounts of electricity."

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Source: NYTimes [47], 09/07/2021

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Fossil Fuel Industry Pitches Carbon Capture As Climate Cure. But Is It? [48]

Carbon capture and storage technology has been around for years, but is being repositioned as a way to continue using fossil fuels in the face of climate change. Backgrounder takes a close look at how it works, its history and its politics. But even as the technology is taken up by Congress, the question is: Does the math add up?

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In California, the World’s Largest Battery Storage System Gets Even Larger [52]

"The largest battery storage facility in the world, located along Monterey Bay in California, has completed an expansion, demonstrating how storage systems can exist on a gigantic scale and can easily expand."

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