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A common fertilizer can cause explosions. The EPA doesn’t classify it as ‘hazardous.’
A common fertilizer can cause explosions. The EPA doesn’t classify it as 'hazardous.'
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Climate change helped spawn East Africa’s locust crisis
Photos from the ground show the extent of the invasion.
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Amazon told its workers not to criticize its climate policies. They didn’t listen.
Hundreds of Amazon employees are risking their jobs to speak out about climate change.
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Do carbon offsets really work? It depends on the details.
The market for offsets is booming as companies seek to burnish their green credentials. But only some investments make a difference.
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STIs can save the planet. No, not those STIs.
Seven ways humanity can reduce the risk of unplanned planetary disaster.
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Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight, due in part to climate change
The clock, a symbol created in 1947 to represent humankind’s proximity to global catastrophe, is now just 100 seconds to midnight for the first time ever.
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Fertilizer feeds humanity — and it’s destroying the Gulf of Mexico
How can we slow down a pollutant we depend on for survival?
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6 charts break down 2019, the second-hottest year on record
The heat was particularly dramatic in Alaska and the Southeast.
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The Philippines volcanic eruption is harming public health, but not the climate — yet
Amid all the bright lava and towering ash plumes, it’s easy to overlook that volcanic eruptions can dramatically affect air quality.
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California could meet its 2030 climate goals — but it would mean saving money
A new report lays out the ways the Golden State could have its climate cake and eat it, too.
