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![A woman in a baseball cap pours liquid from a bucket into a large container as another woman watches from her side.]()
![A woman in a baseball cap pours liquid from a bucket into a large container as another woman watches from her side.]()
Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes
Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say.
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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts
Museums are reckoning with their own carbon footprints as they work to safeguard their collections from heat and storms.
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![Groups of people surround green tables with star-shaped cages in the water off the coast of an island]()
![Groups of people surround green tables with star-shaped cages in the water off the coast of an island]()
‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just 4 years
A community-based approach to restoration combined with an ingenious device can bring back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
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![A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.]()
![A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.]()
How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods
Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways.
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![Woman riding an electric bike in Denver]()
In Denver, e-bike vouchers run out as fast as Taylor Swift tickets
The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week.
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![a kitten in a pink carrier rests on a green blanket]()
Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame?
The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.
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![Two whales swim in a blue ocean scene]()
Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stronger speed limits could save them.
Nearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain.
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![Illustration of clothes hanger spouting leaves, a purse-shaped apple, and a blouse with mushrooms growing out of the straps]()
Apple waste, spider silk, enhanced cotton: How bio-based textiles could replace plastic in our clothing
Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles — without plastic.
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![Photo of President Biden in front of a podium next to two American flags]()
You can start applying for the American Climate Corps next month
Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program.
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Pentagon tries to dodge PFAS lawsuits over a product it helped invent
The U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a toxic firefighting foam used on military bases.
