For decades, governments have allowed companies to spritz clouds with chemicals like silver iodide to encourage extra snow or rain onto arid fields below, usually at the request of farmers and ranchers.
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Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2025
Flickering habitability The landscape turned arid, judging by Earth’s standards, roughly 3.5 billion years ago.
Her candidness, dry humor and emotional honesty resonated with thousands — some fellow transplant recipients, others simply inspired by her resilience.
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Jordan Greene,
People.com,
14 July 2025
But the outfield market is quite dry in terms of trades this season, so Baltimore could net a solid return in a deal for Mullins.
While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
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