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How a greening Arctic might be kick-starting a dangerous feedback loop
New research finds that Arctic peatlands are expanding as the far north undergoes rapid changes. It's an ominous sign.
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![Low angle of an irrigation canal with farm equipment on either side, and drought-ridden land]()
![Low angle of an irrigation canal with farm equipment on either side, and drought-ridden land]()
Did the USDA just forget about $400M in drought aid for farmers?
More than a year later, not a dollar has been spent — and no one knows what happened to the money.
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![Huge plumes of smoke are seen from a satellite]()
![Huge plumes of smoke are seen from a satellite]()
Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are ... syncing up?
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![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?
A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of water reuse. Here's the huge potential benefit of the technique.
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![The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, DC.]()
![The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, DC.]()
Despite court order, a critical FEMA program remains frozen
Months after a judge ordered the Trump administration to restore climate adaptation grants, FEMA insiders say the agency hasn’t budged.
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![A wildfire burns orange across tall trees in a forest]()
![A wildfire burns orange across tall trees in a forest]()
Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate
With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest — that could not be reversed.
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![Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs following a news conference at FEMA's headquarters on January 24, 2026.]()
![Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs following a news conference at FEMA's headquarters on January 24, 2026.]()
Turmoil at FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem
The homeland security secretary has all but halted the agency’s disaster spending.
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![People shop at a supermarket as shelves are left empty]()
Panic buying ahead of the winter storm isn’t preparedness. Here’s who it hurts.
While some hoard bread, milk, and eggs, others face bare shelves — and the planet pays too.
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![Ice accumulates on utility lines in Nashville, Tennessee, during Winter Storm Fern. The storm knocked out power to at least 300,000 people across the South.]()
![Ice accumulates on utility lines in Nashville, Tennessee, during Winter Storm Fern. The storm knocked out power to at least 300,000 people across the South.]()
The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: Lots of old poles
Aging infrastructure is to blame for Winter Storm Fern’s weather outages — and for recent price spikes.
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![Commuters on a street in downtown Boston brace against the morning cold as a winter storm envelops 230 million Americans.]()
![Commuters on a street in downtown Boston brace against the morning cold as a winter storm envelops 230 million Americans.]()
Yes, climate change can supercharge a winter storm. Here’s how.
Feel like you're at the North Pole at the moment? There's good reason for that.
