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Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.
As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen.
Gas stations caused a $20 billion toxic mess — and it’s not going away.
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
Anemones, sponges, and jellyfish are bleaching throughout the Everglades amid record temperatures. It's a troubling sign for Florida Bay and beyond.
Brian Keeper survived the July 4 floods that devastated Hunt, Texas. But moving on may be the hardest part.
The bacteria behind one of history’s deadliest diseases is thriving again due to extreme weather.
