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![Three glass bottles, one of which holds red bubbles, attached to hoses sit on a windowsill.]()
![Three glass bottles, one of which holds red bubbles, attached to hoses sit on a windowsill.]()
Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaiian seaweed could change that.
Local businesses in Hawai’i are getting big funding boosts to help make farmed algae part of the solution in addressing the amount of methane cattle produce.
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Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth
Turns out growing crops on the Red Planet is a lot like growing food on a climate-ravaged Earth.
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![Employees work on a school bus on the assembly line at Blue Bird Corporation's manufacturing facility in Fort Valley, Ga.]()
![Employees work on a school bus on the assembly line at Blue Bird Corporation's manufacturing facility in Fort Valley, Ga.]()
A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possible
Where federal dollars and green jobs are flowing, unions see an opportunity to organize the right-to-work South.
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![An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth]()
![An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth]()
A new satellite could help solve one of our climate’s biggest mysteries: Clouds
After 23 years and nearly $900 million, EarthCARE is poised to provide an unprecedented look at how clouds and aerosols shape, and respond to, climate change.
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A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change
The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.
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Illinois Legislature puts the brakes on a carbon capture boom
A two-year moratorium on pipelines would be a first in the Midwest. Already, more than 20 capture wells have been proposed.
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As the climate changes, many species are teetering on extinction. How much should we intervene?
In ecosystems like Alaska’s boreal forest, preventing biodiversity loss is no longer possible. Scientists are beginning to grapple with what comes next.
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The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat
Was this extra warming a blip, or a sign that climate change is veering off predictable tracks?
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What’s behind the record outbreak of spongy moths in the eastern US?
Blame drought — and a careless French entomologist.
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Nations need to do more to defend Indigenous rights, UN report says
The U.N. also calls for stronger safeguards against exploitative green transition projects.
