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The curious connection between the sky’s “thirstiness” and the dry spell devastating the western U.S.
The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power.
Coal mining destroyed Appalachia's mountaintops. Then came the floodwaters.
Engineers know how to build a site that can safeguard nuclear waste for 100,000 years. The challenge is convincing people to live next to it.
“A bunch of countries and corporations are responsible for the mess. They have to bloody clean it up. As simple as that.”
It’s not your imagination: This summer is already hotter than normal.
Trees are great at capturing warming gases, but mass-planting efforts tell a tricky story.
Pollution from the 2019 fire remained elevated long after shelter-in-place warnings ended, according to an analysis of previously unreported air and monitoring data.
The movement to recognize and protect the rights of nature scored another victory last month when an Indian court declared that the natural world should have legal rights on par with humans.
