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![A vehicle drives through a flooded street as Tropical Storm Hilary moves through the area on August 20, 2023 in Cathedral City, California. A wave of water pushes onto the street and palm trees shake in the wind.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/21/tropical-storm-hilary-california.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Environment
Tropical Storm Hilary soaks the Southwest
![The truth behind animal resistance memes](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20/whales-yachts.jpeg?quality=85&w=800)
Environment
The truth behind animal resistance memes
![White dog inhaling colorful waves that represent smells. Illustrated.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/14/WhyDogsLikeToSmell-Illustration-scaled.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Why your dog needs to smell the world
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Technology
Inside Delta’s in-house meteorology wing
![Maxar satellite imagery on August 9, 2023 showing total destruction of the Lahaina square and outlets after the Lahaina Wildfire, with one building still actively burning.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/10/satellite-maui-wildfire.jpg?quality=85&w=800)
Environment
Hurricane-powered wildfires sweep across Maui
![Two penguins and a seal on the Antarctic Peninsula.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/08/antarctica-sea-ice-loss-study.png?quality=85&w=800)
Environment
Antarctica is in the climate change crosshairs
![Giant yellow dump truck depositing sand on San Francisco beach because of coastal erosion](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/03/coastal-erosion-san-francisco-beach-sand-excavated.jpg?quality=85&w=781)
Environment
Why your favorite beach might be eroding
![A long and skinny silver trumpetfish uses a colorful parrotfish as camouflage.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/07/trumpetfish-shadow-parrtofish.png?quality=85&w=800)
Environment