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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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![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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![A brown sign demarcating the Homestake mine, surrounded by plains.]()
![A brown sign demarcating the Homestake mine, surrounded by plains.]()
A Uranium ghost town in the making
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen.
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![Canoers set off on the Hudson River to enjoy fall foliage at the Island Lake Recreation Center in Livingston County of Michigan, the United States, on Oct. 11, 2020.]()
![Canoers set off on the Hudson River to enjoy fall foliage at the Island Lake Recreation Center in Livingston County of Michigan, the United States, on Oct. 11, 2020.]()
‘Gross negligence’: popular Michigan river hit with second chemical spill in four years
The spill is yet another example of how contamination from corporate polluters can endanger entire communities.
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![Monsoon, Tucson, Arizona, 2021.]()
![Monsoon, Tucson, Arizona, 2021.]()
Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon
But just as their understanding of the phenomena becomes more clear, it’s starting to disappear.
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![Jet-A1 refuelling bowser parked under an Airbus A320 left wing.]()
![Jet-A1 refuelling bowser parked under an Airbus A320 left wing.]()
Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly
Carbon dioxide emissions aren’t the only way aviation warms the planet. Exhaust contains a host of polluting particles, from soot to nitrogen oxides.
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![In Kotlik, Alaska, pictured here, many houses and other buildings hang precipitously over the water as the ground beneath them washes away.]()
![In Kotlik, Alaska, pictured here, many houses and other buildings hang precipitously over the water as the ground beneath them washes away.]()
These communities are trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount
They're stuck on the front lines and need help relocating — but the U.S. government isn’t prepared.
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![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada
Internal documents explain why oil and gas interests would benefit from a key Indigenous declaration being ‘defeated.’
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![The downtown skyline in Houston, Texas on August 25, 2018.]()
![The downtown skyline in Houston, Texas on August 25, 2018.]()
Houston investigated for slow 311 response to Black & Hispanic residents
City allegedly addresses illegal dumping complaints by people of color more slowly than those from white residents.
