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![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops.
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![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
Five months later, the Ancón oil spill’s effects linger
Out of work and short on cash and food, a fishing community in Peru is simultaneously paralyzed by exhaustion and ready to boil over.
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![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
![Aerial view of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas]()
Biden’s new vision for the National Flood Insurance Program
The administration's flood insurance reforms could improve transparency — and make some Americans more vulnerable.
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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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Where have all the climate activists gone?
With legislation stalled, a mass protest movement is struggling to find its place.
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Record-breaking heat wave sprawls across US
Medical experts worry that extreme heat is exacting a rising and deadly toll on public health.
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![Two men in a flooded street before a building that says "STORM PROTECTION." One man uses a wheelchair.]()
![Two men in a flooded street before a building that says "STORM PROTECTION." One man uses a wheelchair.]()
The world’s climate plans overlook people with disabilities
The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.
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![An airplane taking off toward a field of wind turbines.]()
![An airplane taking off toward a field of wind turbines.]()
Aviation can meet Paris targets — if it makes massive changes
Sustainable fuels and increased efficiency could put the industry on track for limiting warming to 1.75 degrees Celsius.
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![A view of public cemetery which submerged by flood waters from rising sea levels on July 18, 2020 in North Jakarta, Indonesia.]()
![A view of public cemetery which submerged by flood waters from rising sea levels on July 18, 2020 in North Jakarta, Indonesia.]()
Coastal cities are already sinking
New satellite data shows that in many coastal cities around the world, land is subsiding even faster than sea level is rising.
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When the heat is unbearable but there’s nowhere to go
How last year’s record-breaking heat wave caused misery and chaos for Washington’s incarcerated population — and why it’s set to happen all over again.
