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“This shows how an election can change the fate of the Amazon.”
As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.
Alachua County is preparing for a more dangerous future, even if the state government won't say "climate."
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town."
Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use.
Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?
Despite health risks, Puerto Rico keeps tax incentives in place for cancer-causing chemical polluters.
