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Climate

Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E; News

Environment

Unexpected: Desert Plants Are Struggling in Higher Heat

Adam Aton and E&E; News

Climate

California May Buy Up Beach Houses Threatened by Sea-Level Rise

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E; News

Rare Mantle Rocks in Oman Could Sequester Massive Amounts of CO₂

Tests are underway to pull carbon from the air and turn it into minerals belowground

Douglas Fox

Climate

Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E; News

Environment

Unexpected: Desert Plants Are Struggling in Higher Heat

Adam Aton and E&E; News

Climate

California May Buy Up Beach Houses Threatened by Sea-Level Rise

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E; News

Climate

Stay or Go? Climate Disaster Victims Face Wrenching Decision

Daniel Cusick and E&E; News

Climate

How to Prevent Air Conditioners from Heating the Planet

Emily Underwood and Anthropocene Magazine

Environment

Trees Are Missing in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Daniel Cusick and E&E; News

Climate

Climate Change Could Fuel the Spread of a Flesh-Eating Parasite

Agostino Petroni and Undark

Conservation

The Tragedy of the White Tiger

Azzedine Downes | Opinion

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The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

Even “sustainable” technologies such as electric vehicles and wind turbines face unbreachable physical limits and exact grave environmental costs

Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | Opinion

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Climate Change Could Fuel the Spread of a Flesh-Eating Parasite

Scientists caution that as the planet warms, more Americans could be exposed to varieties of the Leishmania parasite

Agostino Petroni and Undark

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Australia’s Plague of Mice Is Devastating and Could Get a Lot Worse

Drought and extreme rainfall led to an infestation in the nation’s farming areas

BERJAYA

How to Prevent Air Conditioners from Heating the Planet

Manufacturers are competing to minimize power consumption and refrigerants as the machines multiply

Emily Underwood and Anthropocene Magazine

BERJAYA

The Tragedy of the White Tiger

The animals are vastly more common in captivity than in the wild—the result of inbreeding that’s good for pulling in gawkers but bad for the big cats themselves

Azzedine Downes | Opinion

BERJAYA

Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change

Pacific Ocean cyclones are pumping up the high pressure system roasting the region

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E News

Special Report

How Plastic Became a Plague

How Plastic Became a Plague

Plastic pollution, including tiny bits known as microplastic, permeate the environment, posing a threat to human and planetary health

Videos

Nature Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Pandemic

In March 2020 Ruth DeFries finished a manuscript more than five years in the making. It turned out to be both prescient and prophetic. In this document, the Columbia University professor argued that global crises are now inevitable because of the complexity and interconnectedness of our modern civilization...

April 8, 2021

Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

Misconceptions about Wildfires Are Fueling the Problem

January 29, 2021

Environment

A Map 15 Years in the Making Illuminates a 'Grand Canyon' off California's Coast

August 18, 2020

Biology

Drones Capture Close Encounters between Great White Sharks and Beachgoers

July 8, 2020

Climate

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: A New Climate-Related Threat from Above

January 15, 2020

Podcasts

National Park Nature Walks, Episode 7: Into the Wilderness by Canoe

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National Park Nature Walks, Episode 7: Into the Wilderness by Canoe

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