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Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
Texas revamped its early warning system after a Hill Country flood killed 139 people last year. July's historic flood revealed what it accomplished — and what’s left to do.
A new study led by James Hansen estimates we'll hit the 1.5 degrees Celsius target earlier than predicted.
Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires.
“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.”
Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy focused on climate.
Forecasts powered by machine learning are proving to be faster and cheaper to produce than conventional methods — and more accurate, too.
“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”
Heat is just one of many stressors for the world’s beleaguered Amazon.