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What will the rise of floating solar panels mean for wildlife?
As the market for floatovoltaics explodes, scientists are studying how to make the systems also work for waterbirds and other organisms.
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![firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it]()
![firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it]()
Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?
The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.
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![Torsos of two people who are tilting buckets toward the camera. Inside their buckets is trash collected from the beach.]()
![Torsos of two people who are tilting buckets toward the camera. Inside their buckets is trash collected from the beach.]()
Science says plastic bag bans really do work
A new study finds that outlawing or taxing plastic bags reduces beach litter.
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![digital collage of arms cradling a sonogram photo with a hurricane in the background]()
![digital collage of arms cradling a sonogram photo with a hurricane in the background]()
Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains — before they’re even born
"What we are seeing is compelling evidence that the climate crisis is not just an environmental emergency, it is potentially a neurological one."
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![a man crouches on a rock in front of pieces of a glacier, which are drifting out to sea]()
![a man crouches on a rock in front of pieces of a glacier, which are drifting out to sea]()
When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.
New research suggests the currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than thought.
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![An aerial view of houses in the desert landscape of Phoenix]()
New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
The research highlights the groundwater issues complicating the Colorado River's already strained water supply.
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The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica
Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.
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Trump’s USDA tried to erase climate data. This lawsuit forced it back online.
The agency quietly removed web pages on rural energy, climate-smart agriculture, and federal loans — until farmers sued.
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![Two children and two adults in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bags of shredded plastic fill the room, with some spilling their contents.]()
![Two children and two adults in a recycling facility in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bags of shredded plastic fill the room, with some spilling their contents.]()
This commonly used plastic chemical caused 350,000 heart disease-related deaths in 1 year
People in Asia are exposed to levels up to six times higher than their counterparts in the West.
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![A woman in a white puffy coat taking a picture of a frozen lake]()
![A woman in a white puffy coat taking a picture of a frozen lake]()
Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy
In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings that one cognitive scientist has seen in his career.
