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Gizmodo Movie Night: Celebrate Our Third la Niña With These Wet Films
Given the news that La Niña will be making her third appearance this summer, I thought that it would be a good time to give you some wet films. And no, get your mind out of the gutter. I just mean movies that involve a lot of rain, considering that’s what we are in for…
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Here’s Why Skies Over Europe Are Orange This Week
Skies above Europe are murky this week, and many surfaces look as if they’ve been stained orange, after a huge plume of dust from the Sahara made its way north on March 15. Some ski slopes and snowy mountain peaks have begun to look like a creamsicle-themed winter wonderland or a landscape on Mars.
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China Is Using Rockets to Control the Weather
What do you do when you urgently need to improve a city’s air quality ahead of a major event? If you’re the Chinese government, the answer is launching a military-style strike on the sky.
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The U.S. West Will See Its First Atmospheric River of the Season
The West in the U.S. desperately needs rain — and it’s set to get some, although it might be too much of a needed thing. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and snow to California and parts of the Pacific Northwest this weekend, in what could be the most precipitation the region has seen…