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![Animation of Earth as pie chart; one third section of the earth grows into a section of three quarters and loops back to one third]()
![Animation of Earth as pie chart; one third section of the earth grows into a section of three quarters and loops back to one third]()
Americans are convinced climate action is unpopular. They’re very, very wrong.
Support for climate policies is double what most people think, a new study found.
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![Collage: State of Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, with an algal bloom, sea lamprey, zebra mussels, a perch fish on top of red and white checked paper, and a blinking neon sign in the shape of a fish that reads]()
![Collage: State of Wisconsin, Lake Superior, and Lake Michigan, with an algal bloom, sea lamprey, zebra mussels, a perch fish on top of red and white checked paper, and a blinking neon sign in the shape of a fish that reads]()
Friday night fish frys define Wisconsin. What happens when climate change adjusts the menu?
How do you keep a culinary tradition alive on a warming planet?
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In ‘On Sacred Ground,’ the sound of white guilt drowns out the drama of Standing Rock
A white savior rides again in trope-ridden film.
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People doubt their actions affect climate change. Is that a bad thing?
More Americans are blaming corporations, not individuals, for the climate crisis, a new poll shows.
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![Collage of illustrated white-tailed deer head surrounded by cutouts of tree saplings and a red hunting crosshair target on top]()
![Collage of illustrated white-tailed deer head surrounded by cutouts of tree saplings and a red hunting crosshair target on top]()
Deer are threatening American forests. Is more hunting the solution?
It’s open season for a shift in wildlife management.
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![Collage: an eye surrounded by silhouettes of falling birds, street lamps, rectangular cutouts of night sky, and a window with a curtain silhouette made of night sky; drawn star graphics on top]()
![Collage: an eye surrounded by silhouettes of falling birds, street lamps, rectangular cutouts of night sky, and a window with a curtain silhouette made of night sky; drawn star graphics on top]()
In defense of darkness
Artificial light is polluting the night sky. What do we stand to lose?
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![Collage: a hand surrounded by water droplets, wet leaves, cutouts of ponds, mosquitoes, and a can of bug spray]()
![Collage: a hand surrounded by water droplets, wet leaves, cutouts of ponds, mosquitoes, and a can of bug spray]()
Humidity, the mosquito, and me
Mosquitoes and I cherish the same thing when it comes to our ideal summer weather: mugginess.
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![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
How climate change is muting nature’s symphony
From warbling loons to chirping toads, rising temperatures threaten some of the Earth’s most iconic sounds.
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![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
How foraging for edible plants helped me connect with my roots
What started as foraging for mugwort in New York City became a new way to think about migration and belonging.
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![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline
Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel.
