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![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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![Tall marquee in blue and red and white on TV/convention stage, with wooden podium and people milling around.]()
![Tall marquee in blue and red and white on TV/convention stage, with wooden podium and people milling around.]()
How do you reduce the carbon footprint of a political convention? One donation at a time.
Organizers want the 50,000 attendees to pitch in toward solutions.
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Your guide to voting after a disaster
How to cast your ballot, in person or by mail, if extreme weather disrupts your life.
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Extreme weather 101: Your guide to staying prepared and informed
How to pack a go-bag, get emergency alerts, and find disaster aid.
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![A group of people sit in the soil]()
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How can you tell if soil is healthy? Just listen to it.
First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts.
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![two construction workers walk through a field of solar arrays erected outside the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California.]()
![two construction workers walk through a field of solar arrays erected outside the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California.]()
Recent Supreme Court decisions are already slowing climate progress
Supreme Court rulings limiting federal authority have upended the legal landscape — and could discourage bold climate policies.
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![digital collage of hands holding a sign that reads climate emergency with a speech bubble behind the hands and sign]()
![digital collage of hands holding a sign that reads climate emergency with a speech bubble behind the hands and sign]()
Research shows that what you call climate change doesn’t matter much
People don't need "climate emergency" or "global boiling" to make them worried. They're already worried.
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![A man with a shovel tries to clean up water that has flooded a grocery store.]()
![A man with a shovel tries to clean up water that has flooded a grocery store.]()
The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.
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![A scuba diver photographs two rows of bright white coral.]()
For Florida corals, unprecedented marine heat prompts new restoration strategy — on shore
North America’s only barrier reef is withering from heat and disease. Can efforts to preserve and propagate the corals at land-based facilities save them?
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Hurricane Ernesto arrived way early. It’s an ominous sign.
A third Atlantic hurricane usually doesn't form until three weeks from now. Yet here's Ernesto, bearing down on Bermuda.
