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Apr 21, 2021

My whole career I have been asked if I “believe” in climate change... I’ll get that out of the way before we dive into a very special hour for #EarthDay — it’s available now on

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I actually got to do it and it was easier than I expected!

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Replying to @GMA and @Ginger_Zee

How on earth do you plant under water!! Amazing

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Good Morning America

"It is not often I get to tell you a climate or environment story with a happy ending or a solution that's happening now. But this one has all of this."

Why parts of America are 'certainly in a water crisis' and what can be done about it

is in Crystal River, Florida to share how the community helped restore their local habitats for manatees.

Smiling because the power of water meets the power of people in an environmental success story here

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Deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma and 15 reported tornadoes from there through Iowa & Kansas last night.

@ABCMireya

is in Cole, OK. I’ll have the forecast for storms today. Here is the threat area TODAY:

Why parts of America are 'certainly in a water crisis' and what can be done about it - ABC News

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As pollution, engineering, population growth and climate change pose challenges to freshwater quality and quantity, the safety and amount of tap water is in question.

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Wednesday night: TORNADO & SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES - Iowa down to Texas! This means the ingredients exist to make a tornado, if you get a warning take cover immediately.

The restoration of the Crystal River after the “storm of the century” wrecked it 30 years ago has taken a ton of time & effort from Sea & Shoreline — but it has worked! Amazing habitat for returning manatee that have been rehabilitated. Check us out tomorrow on

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Some responses to the cloud seeding story concerned about putting something in our atmosphere that modifies wx…for about 150 years we have been replacing wild grass w/asphalt(albedo/moisture change), emitting greenhouse gas emissions (2021 was 6% > 2020)

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sets up a compost system in her backyard with the help of her kids and 2,000 worms! She shares why composting is great for the earth by reducing methane emissions. gma.abc/3oJuirv

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tells us about her reporting on climate change's impact on the country's vulnerable river systems and how it's affecting the lives of everyday Americas. See more all week on

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The amount of ground cloud seeders (hundreds across the American west) already in use and the additional 200+ that will go in by next season is what got me so fascinated with the state of weather modification in our country. WATCH THE FULL STORY: abcnews.go.com/US/climatechan

Making safe, drinkable water from just the moisture in the air and solar power — check out my story on hydropanel’s tonight on

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- 8 pm ET STREAM WITH US! #water #powerofwater #hydropanel #hinkley

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Conservation is key is whag j said — check out the whole story: abcnews.go.com/US/climatechan

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Ginger Zee is talking about "cloud seeding" as a solution to major climate change and not the chemical and military industries polluting the world. This is gaslighting.

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to talk more about the ramp-up in weather modification across the western United States! Hundreds of ground based cloud seeders are already sending silver iodide into storms - watch mu full story here:

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joins us LIVE to weigh in on why we should all be concerned about our rivers across America as we approach #EarthDay.

Here’s the full story on cloud seeding — let’s just say it’s not your mother’s weather modification!

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The Colorado River and its critical reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have seen historic lows but "cloud seeding" could help give Mother Nature a boost. @ginger_zee has more on the technique, which is in use among 10 Western states.

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‘s hard work. It’s a light in a dark few years for the manatee in Florida / more than 2000 manatee died between 2020-21, largest die-off on record. And it’s our fertilizer & human waste doing it. See the story on

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Thank you! And yes it’s been around since the 1940s but huge advances in research and application the last few years (it’s gotten cheaper with ground seeding being done remotely).

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Al Bondiga

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The cloud seeding story was really interesting @Ginger_Zee I didn’t know such a thing existed.

Cloud seeding isn’t new… but thanks to the aridification of the southwest, states like AZ/CA that grow so much of our food are paying companies to make it snow more than it naturally would. North American Weather Consultants tells us they are making 3-15% more snowpack. See the… Show more

So grateful to have inspired your challenge! Keep it up — I’m going for a year 🙌

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Cassie Hudson

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Thank you @Ginger_Zee for chatting with us about the #NoNewClothes pledge! Loved getting to hear all about your experience

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). Catch our interview today on @WTEN.

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When I went to college for meteorology, cloud seeding was “inefficient & expensive.” That is NOT the case today. 42 projects in 10 states w/ hundreds of ground based cloud seeders sending silver iodide into storms to make them snow more than they naturally would. More on

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Rarely get to eat wherever we are but made time last night!

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Brooke Silverang

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Replying to @Ginger_Zee and @GMA

Love that you’re experiencing South Louisiana ! Special place !!!!

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Let’s do this!!!

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Taking the #NoNewClothes pledge with @Ginger_Zee trib.al/F2FBTyd

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Again earlier today 😳

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Ground Stop at FLL due to storms twitter.com/FLLFlyer/statu…

You can’t call it a bayou any longer because you have to have land to make it a bayou. And the land is gone. Josh Ellender of Ellender Charters has worked these waters for his entire life and they change drastically every season. Hope you caught my story earlier on

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So great to finally meet you!

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Rob Perillo

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Got to catch up with @Ginger_Zee working on the relocation (and now migration) of the residents of Isle de Jean due to coastal erosion, land subsidence and sea level rise. Ginger’s the real deal & a genuinely warm person! #LAwx

The wetlands of Louisiana are losing land rapidly — it’s not just sea level rise. Oil & gas have dug more than 10,000 canals that allowed salt water to intrude. Levees built years ago blocked natural sediment from adding to the islands. Also, the land is sinking. You’ll meet the… Show more

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Free the manatee! I got to join

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releasing one of their rehabilitated manatee (Kristana’s mom was killed in a boat strike); the Crystal River is a success story thanks to

@SaveCrystalRivr

& now sea & shoreline will take on the Indian river lagoon where hundreds of… Show more

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The Great Salt Lake continues to climb and is 2" higher in the last week. We are still about 10ft below normal lake levels. An average wet spring runoff yields a 3-5ft rise. #utwx

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Record-setting heat today with a preliminary high temperature of 90° (so far) at Central Park. #NYwx ☀️ Daily record high (breaks 88° in 1977) ☀️ Hottest April day since 2010 ☀️ 4th earliest 90° day on record

The high temperature at Central Park so far today is 90 degrees, breaking the daily record high of 88 degrees set in 1977. The normal high for this time of year is 61 degrees.

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UPDATE: The "Kanouse Wildfire" burning in West Milford, NJ now the largest to burn in northern NJ since 2010! Officials say now at 400 acres/40% contained. Thankfully no structures threatened #NJwx #wildfire

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From @wcbs880 #Chopper880 and @PIX11News #Air11: Sunrise framed by smoke from ongoing forest fire in #WestMilford #NJ; 04.13.23

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Certainly unusual/extreme. The secret sauce why this event was a 1/1000 year event could be studied for years. The basics were Near-record atmospheric moisture Slow moving warm front Storm motion caused “training”, where storms moved as though on a train track over same locations

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Onelio Fernandez

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Replying to @BrandonOrrWPLG and @lukedorrisWPLG

Please explained for us amateurs meteorologist what this was? Did he have a front that stalled over us and then came back north as a warm front? I thought this to be unusual.

Another positive (and by positive I mean negative) drought monitor update!

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Drew Tuma

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MAJOR GAINS with the latest drought monitor this morning. Today only 8% of the state is in a drought, down from 25% last week and down from an incredible 99% of the state on October 1st. A lot of this due to our record snow pack and a very wet March across California