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How a ‘citizen map’ is helping Brazil prepare for its next big flood
In the wake of last month’s disastrous flooding, researchers are asking residents to use their smartphone cameras to document the damage and high-water marks.
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![Photo of a group of people in hard hats working in a dry landscape]()
The American Climate Corps officially kicks off
This month, the nation will deploy 9,000 people to help guide the country toward a cleaner future.
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How hot weather can tamper with your words
A new study finds that politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches on hot days.
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![Three glass bottles, one of which holds red bubbles, attached to hoses sit on a windowsill.]()
Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaiian seaweed could change that.
Local businesses in Hawai’i are getting big funding boosts to help make farmed algae part of the solution in addressing the amount of methane cattle produce.
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Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth
Turns out growing crops on the Red Planet is a lot like growing food on a climate-ravaged Earth.
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![An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth]()
![An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth]()
A new satellite could help solve one of our climate’s biggest mysteries: Clouds
After 23 years and nearly $900 million, EarthCARE is poised to provide an unprecedented look at how clouds and aerosols shape, and respond to, climate change.
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![Digital collage of man spray painting the name Katrina on a board with previous hurricane names crossed out alongside a photo of storm clouds and palm trees blowing in wind]()
Who’s afraid of Hurricane Debby? The peculiar importance of a storm’s name.
Giving hurricanes people's names has resulted in some weird side effects.
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Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.
With federal dollars flowing, small tribes are trying to jumpstart their own recycling programs.
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![A woman with intricate tattoos and red face paint stares directly into the camera with protest signs behind her]()
The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy.
A new conservation study carries important implications for global climate targets.
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![Food cooking over a wood-fired stove in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, in 2015.]()
![Food cooking over a wood-fired stove in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya, in 2015.]()
Billions of people cook over open fires. Are gas stoves the solution?
Last week in Paris, dozens of countries agreed to tackle harmful cooking methods — but sidestepped the controversial question of how to replace them.
