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![A corn field.]()
![A corn field.]()
The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers
Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help.
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![An elderly man with a walker stands in front of large power line on a sunny, clear skies day.]()
![An elderly man with a walker stands in front of large power line on a sunny, clear skies day.]()
As heat wave grips Western states, officials warn of blackouts
The ongoing drought was already hitting electricity generation.
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![Residents of Everson traverse chest-high water to leave their homes.]()
![Residents of Everson traverse chest-high water to leave their homes.]()
Displaced Washington flood survivors ‘in limbo’ while awaiting federal aid
Climate change is straining FEMA’s capacity to help people after a disaster.
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![An oil pump jack in a residential area in Southern California]()
![An oil pump jack in a residential area in Southern California]()
Drilling setbacks, net-zero, and a nuclear lifeline. Here’s what just happened in California.
The state passed a slate of bills that tighten up its climate plans.
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![A withered and dried up field of maize plants under drought]()
![A withered and dried up field of maize plants under drought]()
The most influential calculation in US climate policy is way off, study finds
Carbon emissions cost society at least three times more than the government's official estimate.
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![Multiple incarcerated people looking out a screened prison window]()
Prison air conditioning is coming too slowly for those who need it most
Rising temperatures, lawsuits, and COVID relief funds are pushing Southern states to finally invest in prison air conditioning.
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![Three school children and a teacher walk through a hallway with blue tile on the wall. A large floor fan is seen in the middle of the hallway.]()
![Three school children and a teacher walk through a hallway with blue tile on the wall. A large floor fan is seen in the middle of the hallway.]()
School’s out: As temperatures rise, some students sent home because of lack of AC
Many American schools are not prepared for "heat days."
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![a giant piece of equipment and drill platform in the middle of the ocean]()
![a giant piece of equipment and drill platform in the middle of the ocean]()
Court sends 2 Gulf oil leases back to the Department of the Interior
The decision doesn’t halt oil production in the contested areas. But environmental groups are still calling it a win.
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![Collage: an electric car hooked up to a charging station, mountains, a silhouette of North Carolina, a chunk of lithium ore, and a sign with the words "Gaston County Pit Mine" with a red circle with a line through it on top]()
![Collage: an electric car hooked up to a charging station, mountains, a silhouette of North Carolina, a chunk of lithium ore, and a sign with the words "Gaston County Pit Mine" with a red circle with a line through it on top]()
The electric vehicle boom could bring lithium mines back to North Carolina
Not all locals are happy about it.
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![Aerial view of an ice sheet and brown meltwater]()
![Aerial view of an ice sheet and brown meltwater]()
The best-case scenario for Greenland ice melt just got worse
In a warming world, scientists keep needing to revise their projections.
