Climate change has shrunk the amount of tea being produced by Dajling, India. The season has shortened by a month over the last two decades and there's less rain coming in year on year. Half of them are facing bankruptcy and are struggling to find new buyers for their tea. Humza: There's a lot of fear that we could be looking at the end of what was a historic export from India.
Scientists have reported a long-awaited nuclear-fusion breakthrough, using lasers to ignite hydrogen-isotope fuel in a self-sustaining burn. But that marks just one step on a long, uncertain road to clean fusion energy. Same-sex marriage in America is now protected by legislation, in a compromise that could provide a template for future culture-war clashes. And the uncertain future of Darjeeling teas.
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