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![A woman wearing a mask and coveralls pushes a wheelbarrow full of debris down the debris-strewn driveway of her flood-damaged home.]()
![A woman wearing a mask and coveralls pushes a wheelbarrow full of debris down the debris-strewn driveway of her flood-damaged home.]()
Floods can leave communities facing higher overdose deaths for years
Disrupted treatment, unstable housing, and lasting trauma can compound a disaster’s toll — a pattern now emerging in communities recovering from Hurricane Helene.
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![A child stands in front of a murky sea]()
![A child stands in front of a murky sea]()
How wildfire smoke is reshaping childhood
Smoky summers are becoming the new normal across the American West, forcing a generation of children to grow up indoors.
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![digital collage of raspberry, Cyclospora bacteria, and lettuce with arrows]()
![digital collage of raspberry, Cyclospora bacteria, and lettuce with arrows]()
4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
A fragile food system, uneven public health messaging, and global warming are all working to supercharge the parasite’s spread.
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Rising seas magnify the dangers of coastal Georgia’s industrial past
The state’s first Superfund research center is looking into how climate change is resurfacing industrial pollution.
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![A Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) sign is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, DC.]()
![A Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) sign is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, DC.]()
Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.
The coalition of voters who helped elect Trump to clean up America's food system is growing more disenchanted with the president.
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![Double-crested cormorants sit on branches on Lake Ontario on a cloudy day.]()
![Double-crested cormorants sit on branches on Lake Ontario on a cloudy day.]()
New research traces how ‘forever chemicals’ move through the Great Lakes and into people
The study used more than 40 years of data to map fluctuating PFAS levels across species in the region's food chain.
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![Illustration of a figure showing the neurological system with wildfire smoke in the background]()
![Illustration of a figure showing the neurological system with wildfire smoke in the background]()
How climate change gets under the skin
Here’s what we know, so far, about the lasting effects of climate change on the body’s vital systems.
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![Collage of a person in a hard had looking out toward an upward sloping road]()
![Collage of a person in a hard had looking out toward an upward sloping road]()
Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I avoid getting trapped in the system I hope to change?
A young engineer has a vision for changing their industry, but worries about slowly becoming a cog in the machine. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for staying creative.
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![An air monitor attached to a light pole]()
After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network
As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 277 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.
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![A soccer player kicks a yellow ball on turf with a haze of smoke around him]()
![A soccer player kicks a yellow ball on turf with a haze of smoke around him]()
The World Cup is one wildfire away from an air quality disaster
FIFA says it's prepared for "climate-related risks" but doesn't appear to have a plan for wildfire smoke, which can be harmful to players and fans.
