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Screen capture from "The Unchained Goddess," a 1958 education video produced by Frank Capra which warned that manmade global warming could melt polar ice caps and dramatically flood significant portions of the United States. (YouTube)

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SpaceX Venture Crashes to Earth Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on economic growth and hazards to sustaining it by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Popping Balloon Patent Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Rodney Downs of New Orleans, La., watches as sand recovered from Superstorm Sandy is filtered of debris at Jacob Riis State Park in the Rockaways, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in New York. Downs is an employee of Environmental Chemical Corporation, a private contractor hired by the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clean up after Hurricane Katrina and now Superstorm Sandy. The company is cleaning up construction debris, discarded personal items and over 100,000 cubic yards of sand. After filtration for debris, the sand is being returned to the beach. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Shelters at Fortitude Ranch, in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains, will serve as shelter should a cataclysmic event impact the Earth. (Gabe LaMonica/Special to The Washington Times)

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Safe Space Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Image courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute, a federal agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Human Rights Emergency Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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David L. Gadis, general manager and CEO of D.C. Water, addresses the press early Friday afternoon outside the Bryant Street Pumping Station in the Northwest of the city. An open valve at the pumping station Thursday evening caused a drop in pressure threatening bacteria contamination of the city's drinking water for an estimated 34,000 customers. (The Washington Times/Laura Kelly)

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The Bryant Street Pumping Station in Northwest D.C. is where an open valve caused flowing water to stand still for about an hour on Thursday evening, raising fears of contamination. (The Washington Times/Laura Kelly)

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Navy sailors are dismissed after a rededication ceremony for the USS John S. McCain at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer dedicated one of two destroyers involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific last year to Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Actress Kim Basinger, 64

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Rescuer arrive near cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from the flooded cave before more rains are forecast to hit the northern region. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, Thai rescue team members walk inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The local governor in charge of the mission to rescue them said Saturday that cooperating weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created appropriate conditions for evacuation, but that they won't last if it rains again. (Royal Thai Navy via AP)

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In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Thai Navy Seal, Thai boys are with Navy SEALs inside the cave, Mae Sai, northern Thailand. With heavy rains forecast to worsen flooding in a cave in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their soccer coach are waiting to be extracted by rescuers, authorities say they might be forced to have them swim out through a narrow, underwater passage. The 13 are described as healthy and being looked after by medics inside the cave.(Thai Navy Seal via AP)

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In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, health care workers wear virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)