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Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
But the region’s long industrial and nuclear history has left more toxic legacies, too.
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Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season
More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here's how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them.
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Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report
The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity.
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Scientists define a new category of heat wave: ‘Snow eaters’
Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U.S. West and happening earlier in the year.
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Here’s what supercharged the monster wildfires in Spain and France
Last summer brought Europe's most destructive wildfire season on record. This season is on track to break it.
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These psychedelic images reveal what your weather app isn’t telling you
Equipped with some fancy technologies, Grist goes on a journey across Portland, Oregon, to chart the nuances — and inequalities — of urban heat.
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As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters ‘panic mode’
Oil companies face new legal challenges, such as a recent suit for wrongful death, and older cases that are creeping toward trial.
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The deadly experiment that could save the American elm
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.
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The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare — it’s a carbon bomb
Most of this inland sea is a dry lakebed the size of Ireland, and it has already released 748 million metric tons of CO2. But scientists say there's still time to reverse course.
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The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology
The discovery of a new nitrogen-fixing organelle could change the way we eventually grow food.
