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![A downed phone pone lies mangled in the street with tree branches in front of a green lawn and large white house]()
![A downed phone pone lies mangled in the street with tree branches in front of a green lawn and large white house]()
As Tornado Alley shifts east, bracing for impact in unexpected places
Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating.
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![Overview shot of a huge sheet of ice with a crack in the middle]()
As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.
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Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon
Climate change is threatening Earth's biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to "back up" lifeforms?
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![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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![A group of people sit in the soil]()
How can you tell if soil is healthy? Just listen to it.
First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils — using underground critter concerts.
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Hurricane Ernesto arrived way early. It’s an ominous sign.
A third Atlantic hurricane usually doesn't form until three weeks from now. Yet here's Ernesto, bearing down on Bermuda.
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![a man holding a hose approaches the edge of an embankment with trees on fire]()
![a man holding a hose approaches the edge of an embankment with trees on fire]()
Climate change fueled last year’s extreme wildfires — some more than others
If emissions aren’t curbed, extreme wildfires could become six to 11 times more likely by the end of the century.
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We’re in debt to the Earth. How can we repay it?
"Earth Overshoot Day" reminds us that humans consume more resources than the planet can provide. Correcting that requires reimagining human behavior.
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New fossils reveal an ice-free Greenland. It’s bad news for sea level rise.
“We’re creating a world where these ice sheets are going to melt.”
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![A pyrocumulonimbus cloud of wildfire smoke rising above an orchard of immature trees]()
![A pyrocumulonimbus cloud of wildfire smoke rising above an orchard of immature trees]()
California’s Park Fire is spawning its own smoke thunderclouds
Pyrocumulonimbus clouds might offer a terrifying peek at the future of wildfires.
