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Jairo Estrada, left, and Juan Espinoza work to get one of their family's car off their flooded property in Allensworth, California. Portions of the town have flooded as Tulare Lake reappears.

The ghost of Tulare Lake returns, flooding California’s Central Valley

Draining the lake allowed agriculture to thrive, but left the region vulnerable to floods.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather March 28, 2023

A bald man in a maroon sweatshirt examines dark-colored water in jars.

Black water: How industry is fighting stricter controls for a little-known drinking water contaminant

High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a battle with the EPA.

Natasha Gilbert Health August 29, 2023

An illustration of a woman in an hourglass looking outside at a stork carrying a bundle. Around them, a hurricane swirls.

Four lost pregnancies. Five weeks of IVF injections. One storm.

A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.

Zoya Teirstein & Jessica Kutz, The 19th Health May 30, 2024

A Nebraska farmer holds two ears of corn in his hand

Despite what you may think, ethanol isn’t dead yet

The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics.

Max Graham Agriculture May 5, 2023

American-made solar gets a boost

Renewable energy company First Solar has pledged $1.2 billion to expand domestic solar panel manufacturing, a move it says will create hundreds of new jobs and significantly expand U.S. solar capacity.

Joseph Winters September 7, 2022

Cheap transit = lower emissions

In Germany, a three-month pilot program offering ultra-cheap transit tickets saved about 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions, according to a new analysis.

Joseph Winters September 14, 2022

How a looming El Niño could fuel the spread of infectious disease

The oceanic phenomenon could lead to more pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae.

Zoya Teirstein Health April 24, 2023

Illustration of a young man in a t-shirt and wool hat sitting on a rock overlooking a dirty, grey beach. He's distracted by a digital device, and digital projections of tropical palm trees appear over the dingy beach.

Sandbag Squidward

On a cold, damp beach in Louisiana, Henry Block is counting down the days until his Conservation Corps work ends and he can get back to building his digital world.

Ashlee Lhamon Climate Fiction March 12, 2026

Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.

Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?

Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.

Naveena Sadasivam & Emily Pontecorvo COP27 November 3, 2022

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