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Rising temperatures are feeding America's sweet tooth — and creating a new public health challenge in the process.
In a field of muddy results, it's among the clearest findings that one cognitive scientist has seen in his career.
To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity.
Combining flood mitigation with wetland habitat restoration, "horizontal levees" could protect coastal cities and wildlife from rising seas.
When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover.
PFAS chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland, far from any industrial areas, airports, or military bases.
A coalition of 11 governors has threatened to withdraw from grid operator PJM.
More than a year later, not a dollar has been spent — and no one knows what happened to the money.
Experts say extreme weather is boosting the odds that the pathogens carried by rodents will spill over into human populations.
