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Climate Change · New OrleansThe power of place is real. In an increasingly virtual world, the physical spots where momentous things happened remain potent — and able to evoke some of our deepest-cutting moments. That was the thinking behind these photos from New Orleans on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. By projecting images of places at some of their worst moments onto the way those places and neighborhoods appear now, something of a rudimentary visual time mac…See the Story
PHOTO ESSAY: 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, These Then-and-Now Photos Show the Power of Place
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Climate ChangeFor the first time, a study maps safe areas that can practically be used for underground carbon storage, and estimates that using them all would only cut warming by 0.7°C. The result is almost ten times lower than previous estimates of around 6°C, which considered the total global potential for geological storage, including in risky zones, where storing carbon could trigger earthquakes and contaminate drinking water supplies. The researchers say…See the Story
Safe Underground Carbon Storage Would only Reduce Warming by 0.7°C, Analysis Finds
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