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More words to describe a world gone nuts: Firenado, ecoanxiety, covidiots
Our vocabulary adapts to new challenges at warp speed.
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‘Our futures are on the line’: The making of a young climate activist
At 17, Grace Lambert juggles high school, sports, college applications — and a 90-person organization that's fighting for our survival.
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No more ‘war on coronavirus’: In search of better ways to talk about a pandemic
Ideas from sports, nature, and Harry Potter.
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10 years after Deepwater Horizon, the U.S. is even more at risk of a major oil spill
“Deepwater Horizon is not the worst-case scenario,” one oceanographer warned.
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The tricky thing about predicting coronavirus and climate change: Human behavior
Whether it's pandemics or climate change, models help us avoid the worst.
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To get coronavirus bailout money, the government is forcing airlines to fly ‘ghost planes’
None of the passengers, tons of emissions: 'Ghost flights' are taking off all over the U.S.
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How will Earth Day celebrate its 50th birthday? Not as planned.
In the middle of a pandemic, the landmark anniversary is getting a digital makeover.
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Can ‘carbon-smart’ farming play a key role in taking on climate change?
Markets are emerging to pay farmers to store more carbon in the soil by using improved agricultural practices.
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From New York to Saipan, one family weathers coronavirus
It was bad enough when Super Typhoon Yutu struck my childhood home of Saipan. Now the coronavirus is reviving that trauma.
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Brought to you by nature: Death, destruction, and pandemics
It's not all sunshine and happy chickens