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Forest fires may be natural, but that doesn’t make them popular
Our new policy to let forest fires burn is inspired by nature. Unfortunately, nature doesn’t always behave as we’d like.
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The warmer it gets, the more it snows in Antarctica. Huh?
Counterintuitively, a warmer planet means more snow on the Southern Continent. And that's a good thing.
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Severe drought in India pushed thousands of farmers to suicide
Why was this drought worse than others? Blame climate change and modernization.
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Antarctica is about to lose a chunk of ice the size of Delaware
It could destabilize one of the continent's largest ice shelves.
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The uncertain, hopeful future of the National Park Service
"The goal of our centennial is not to scare everyone to death about climate change."
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From Glacierless National Park to the Neverglades: Meet your future national parks
The parks are having an identity crisis -- so we renamed them.
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Louisiana’s flood couldn’t have been stopped, but it didn’t have to be so devastating
A set of canals, levees, and reservoirs that could have staunched Louisiana's floods had been deemed impractical.
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Teens remind NYC drivers: It’s illegal to idle your car for more than three minutes
High-school reporters found lots of New Yorkers breaking a law that’s intended to curb air pollution.
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“Smoke waves” from wildfires are getting worse — and getting more people sick
Air pollution during the worst smoke waves is expected to worsen more than 400 percent.
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Boston is cooking up a plan to survive sea-level rise
The mayor wants to make sure the city stays above water even as climate change gets more serious.