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![Aerial view of a channel of water attached to the Mississippi River with smaller areas of water scattered over the land]()
![Aerial view of a channel of water attached to the Mississippi River with smaller areas of water scattered over the land]()
As the Louisiana coast disappears, the Mississippi River’s newest channel is building much-needed land
It's up to the Army Corps to keep it flowing.
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![aerial view of pack sea ice at sunset]()
![aerial view of pack sea ice at sunset]()
Red alert: Portions of the Arctic are warming much faster than we thought
"What's happening in the far north is off the scale."
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Where have all the climate activists gone?
With legislation stalled, a mass protest movement is struggling to find its place.
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![water comes out of sink tap]()
Study links ‘forever chemicals’ to high blood pressure in middle-aged women
In response, the EPA released stricter standards for PFAS levels in drinking water.
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![Flooding in Yellowstone National Park]()
![Flooding in Yellowstone National Park]()
Historic floods hammer Yellowstone, shuttering park and stranding residents
A combination of heavy rain and rapid snowmelt has pushed rivers in the region to their highest recorded levels.
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![Maasai person with spear and blanket standing in tall grass]()
![Maasai person with spear and blanket standing in tall grass]()
‘Fortress conservation’ violently displaces Indigenous people
In Tanzania, attacks on the Maasai are the latest in a global pattern of violence highlighted by a new report.
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![people sit at picnic tables under a shaded pavilion in a park]()
![people sit at picnic tables under a shaded pavilion in a park]()
As a heat wave grips the US, lessons from the hottest city in America
Summer is becoming unbearable. Phoenix holds solutions on how to cope.
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![iew at Yucca Mountain Nuclear Facility located West of Las Vegas, is proposed to store hazardous materials including used nuclear fuels, January 23, 2003 near Mercury, Nevada.]()
![iew at Yucca Mountain Nuclear Facility located West of Las Vegas, is proposed to store hazardous materials including used nuclear fuels, January 23, 2003 near Mercury, Nevada.]()
Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problem
A new generation of reactors promises a nuclear energy renaissance, but critics say the U.S. needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.
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![Indoor vegetable nursery with trays of baby lettuce and vertical hanging planters with adult lettuce]()
![Indoor vegetable nursery with trays of baby lettuce and vertical hanging planters with adult lettuce]()
Bringing the farm to the people
A fleet of high-tech container farms is delivering locally-grown food security to communities from Alaska to Egypt.
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Nearly half of Amazon shareholders agree: Time to cut back on plastic packaging
They're part of a growing movement calling for greater plastic reductions.
