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![A child stands in front of a murky sea]()
![A child stands in front of a murky sea]()
How wildfire smoke is reshaping childhood
Smoky summers are becoming the new normal across the American West, forcing a generation of children to grow up indoors.
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![a blackened landscape of farmland with the shape of a house and car reduced to rubble in the foreground.]()
![a blackened landscape of farmland with the shape of a house and car reduced to rubble in the foreground.]()
Here’s what supercharged the monster wildfires in Spain and France
Last summer brought Europe's most destructive wildfire season on record. This season is on track to break it.
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![Four men wading through ankle-deep water transplant rice seedling in a rice paddy in Kashmir, India]()
![Four men wading through ankle-deep water transplant rice seedling in a rice paddy in Kashmir, India]()
Why rice crops could be in for a weird year
Researchers explain how El Niño and global warming are combining to create "the haves and the have-nots."
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![A burned out truck sits amid white trees scorched by the Cottonwood Fire]()
![A burned out truck sits amid white trees scorched by the Cottonwood Fire]()
Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse.
In an overheating era, the old ways of keeping fires from raging out of control may no longer work.
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![a simple collage with a thermal heat image of a football field in the center and a normal football field view around it]()
![a simple collage with a thermal heat image of a football field in the center and a normal football field view around it]()
These psychedelic images reveal what your weather app isn’t telling you
Equipped with some fancy technologies, Grist goes on a journey across Portland, Oregon, to chart the nuances — and inequalities — of urban heat.
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![digital collage of raspberry, Cyclospora bacteria, and lettuce with arrows]()
![digital collage of raspberry, Cyclospora bacteria, and lettuce with arrows]()
4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
A fragile food system, uneven public health messaging, and global warming are all working to supercharge the parasite’s spread.
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![Smoke billows out of the stacks at a coal plant against a cloudy blue sky]()
![Smoke billows out of the stacks at a coal plant against a cloudy blue sky]()
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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![Black-and-white photo of the chimneys at a refinery emitting thick white smoke under a cloudy sky]()
![Black-and-white photo of the chimneys at a refinery emitting thick white smoke under a cloudy sky]()
The EU might weaken its landmark climate law — the ‘most impactful’ in the world
Lawmakers in Europe have proposed rolling back the bloc's cap-and-trade program, long considered the gold standard for reducing companies' carbon emissions.
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![The sun behind the NYC skyline]()
![The sun behind the NYC skyline]()
Is it getting too hot for summer school?
Scorching temperatures are testing the limits of programs meant to help students catch up academically.
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![A neon-vested technician walks among solar panels in China]()
![A neon-vested technician walks among solar panels in China]()
China’s solar industry is losing money. The country is doubling down anyway.
Brutal price wars among manufacturers have caused solar panel prices to plummet, making renewable energy cheaper than ever.
