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Coastal flooding projections have been ignoring the wobbly moon problem
New research finds that variations in the moon’s orbit will lead to a burst of sunny-day flooding in the mid-2030s.
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![Collage: An ocean wave in shades of pink and orange and yellow]()
What counts as a heat wave? It’s a life-or-death question.
Blistering temperatures are redefining what's considered "really hot."
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A massive water recycling proposal could help ease drought
Members of Congress from Western states are pushing for $750 million to turn wastewater into pure water. Here’s how that works.
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Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’
Transportation and dry cleaning make it the worst green option for consumers of fashion, study finds.
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![A farmer carries rice seedlings to be planted in a paddy field at a village in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, on July 3, 2021.]()
![A farmer carries rice seedlings to be planted in a paddy field at a village in Nagaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, on July 3, 2021.]()
Scientists have long warned climate change threatens our food security. Now they’re finding solutions.
We've barely scratched the surface on the potential of plants.
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![Illustration: farmland with a barn and silos, corn, and a coal factory in the distance]()
![Illustration: farmland with a barn and silos, corn, and a coal factory in the distance]()
The US is about to go all-in on paying farmers and foresters to trap carbon
The problem is, it’s unclear if “carbon offsets” even work.
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As climate warms, a rearrangement of world’s plant life looms
Scientists are seeing the beginnings of a sudden, disruptive rearrangement of the world’s flora.
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The US wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it?
Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.
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![Swans nest on banks of Charles River]()
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A watershed moment: How Boston’s Charles River went from polluted to pristine
And what the cleanup shows us about the power of federal waterway protections
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![Portland residents in a cooling center]()
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Is climate change amping up the Pacific Northwest heat wave? Yes — and it’s time to stop asking.
Scientists say the burden of proof has shifted for connecting heat waves and global warming.
