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![Walkers enjoy the sunshine on the Outer Alster in Hamburg]()
![Walkers enjoy the sunshine on the Outer Alster in Hamburg]()
Your local park is bringing in the green (and by that, we mean money)
A new report finds that for every dollar invested in parks, cities reap $3 in economic benefits. Here's how.
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![Snapped utility poles and wires from an ice storm]()
![Snapped utility poles and wires from an ice storm]()
A simple — yet expensive — way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines
Underground power lines are far less vulnerable to extreme weather, but burying them doesn't come cheap. After a historic ice storm in northern Michigan, utilities there are reconsidering the cost.
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![scattered branches, trash, and damaged homes in an aerial photo]()
![scattered branches, trash, and damaged homes in an aerial photo]()
Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year
More than a month after Sinlaku hit the Western Pacific, the death toll stands at 17 and many families remain without stable housing or electricity.
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![Crews walk along the fire line during a controlled burn at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, Neb., on Friday, April 22, 2016.]()
![Crews walk along the fire line during a controlled burn at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, Neb., on Friday, April 22, 2016.]()
Nebraska wonders which is riskier: The fires it starts, or the fires it fights
Fires have burned nearly a million acres in Nebraska this year. Are even more the solution?
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![Water flows around brown and white rock formations]()
![Water flows around brown and white rock formations]()
This summer, the American water crisis becomes real
Concerns over water access are poised to consume summer in the U.S., as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil over.
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![volunteers plant trees in a park in Detroit]()
![volunteers plant trees in a park in Detroit]()
The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think
No shade, but cities aren’t planting enough trees.
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![A crew walks through a wooded area igniting small fires]()
![A crew walks through a wooded area igniting small fires]()
How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions
New research shows every $1 the U.S. Forest Service spent to minimize wildfire risk prevented nearly $4 in damages.
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![Cheboygan Dam in Michigan]()
![Cheboygan Dam in Michigan]()
Close calls at Michigan’s dams are a climate warning to America
Record flooding pushed Michigan's dams to the brink of disaster. The near miss reflects the national problem of infrastructure that is not suited to the challenges of a warming world.
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![people shield their faces from the sun as they walk near the Eiffel tower in Paris]()
![people shield their faces from the sun as they walk near the Eiffel tower in Paris]()
Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes?
As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, cities around the world are using drills and tabletop exercises to expose weaknesses before a real emergency strikes.
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California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?
A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say.
