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In ecosystems like Alaska’s boreal forest, preventing biodiversity loss is no longer possible. Scientists are beginning to grapple with what comes next.
For Louisiana nursing home residents warehoused during Hurricane Ida, the storm was only the start of a deadly nightmare.
The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power.
“We’re asking for something so simple. Something that could save so many lives.”
As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering.
The curious connection between the sky’s “thirstiness” and the dry spell devastating the western U.S.
“A bunch of countries and corporations are responsible for the mess. They have to bloody clean it up. As simple as that.”
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.
Coal mining destroyed Appalachia's mountaintops. Then came the floodwaters.
