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A common fertilizer can cause explosions. The EPA doesn’t classify it as 'hazardous.'
“All of our ecosystems are in trouble. This is the most comprehensive report on the state of the environment. It irrefutably confirms that nature is in steep decline.”
A new study in the French Pyrenees has discovered microplastic rain that could be coming from up to 100 miles away.
Scientists and historians are looking to remote glaciers for insights into events like the Black Plague and Great Depression.
A hurricane-strength storm system unleashed torrential rainfall over the deep Nebraska snowpack.
“Ice on Fire” focuses on solutions but glosses over the challenges of achieving a sustainable future.
Farm pollutants from multiple states feed a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Shrimpers pay the cost.
Erosion and destabilized roads and buildings are just the start for Alaskans as the state heats up at twice the rate of the continental U.S.
Architects, looking for ways to keep buildings cool amid rising temperatures, find that nature has some surprising tricks.
