Environment
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How Indigenous-Led Initiatives Are Securing 60 Million Acres of Amazon Forest
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Urban Ecology
North American River Otter Spotted in Bronx River for First Time in 100 Years
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U.S. Extreme Rainfall Events Are Decreasing in Frequency but Expanding in Spatial Size
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Texas Water Demand to Outpace Supply Within Four Years, Driven by Data Center Boom and Population Growth
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Panama CanalSupply Chain Disruption
El Niño-Driven Drought Forces Panama Canal to Cut Ship Transits, Impacting Global Trade
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Explainer: The Science and Infrastructure Behind the Dikwena Tailings Dam Collapse
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Global VolcanismInfrastructure Impact
Mount Etna Erupts With 3-Mile Lava Flow as Klyuchevskoy and Lewotolok Also Show Major Activity
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Colorado RiverPolicy Decision
Record-Low Lake Mead and Powell Elevations Force Two-Year Operating Guidelines After Consensus Failure
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Cyclone HarryMortality Surge
Cyclone Harry's Deadly Toll: UN Reports Hundreds of Migrants Killed in Mediterranean Shipwrecks
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ExplainerAgrivoltaics
How Solar Infrastructure Is Restoring Desert Ecosystems in China and India
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ExplainerCoastal Flooding
'Once-in-a-Century' Coastal Floods Now Strike Every Decade, Study Finds
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ExplainerDam Safety
Explainer: How the U.S. Evaluates and Upgrades High-Hazard Dams
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ExplainerClimate Consensus
How the Scientific Community Rallied to Defend Climate Consensus Against the 2025 DOE Report
Scientific Consensus 85%Climate Working Group 15%
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Seismic DisasterEmergency Response
Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Exceeds 1,400; 58,000 Buildings Destroyed
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ExplainerClimate Modeling
How the Latest Climate Pledges Cut Global Emissions Growth by Nearly Two-Thirds
Climate Modelers 40%Developing Economies 30%Advanced Economies 30%
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ExplainerAgricultural Emissions
Study Finds Agricultural Emissions Outweigh All Other Manmade Sources of PM2.5 Pollution in US, Europe, and China
Atmospheric Scientists 40%Agricultural Sector 30%Public Health Advocates 30%
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ExplainerChaco Canyon
Explainer: What the Proposed Removal of the Chaco Canyon Buffer Zone Means for the Landscape
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ExplainerAsian Water Tower
How Satellites Revealed the Asian Water Tower Is Losing 24 Billion Tonnes of Groundwater Annually
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ExplainerForever Chemicals
Explainer: The Science Behind the Four PFAS Chemicals Dropped from Federal Drinking Water Limits
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Super El NiñoStakes Watch
WMO Warns Developing 'Super El Niño' Could Push 49 Million Into Acute Food Insecurity
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Marine HeatwavesResearch Findings
Carbon Pollution Drove 'Massive Expansion' of European Marine Heatwaves, Rapid Analysis Finds
Climate Researchers 40%Marine Conservationists 30%Energy Transition Advocates 30%
5 sources · 15d ago
Amazon MiningSupply Chain Shift
Foreign Rush for Rare Earths in Brazil Threatens Amazon Buffer Zones and Protected Lands
Supply Chain Diversifiers 35%Environmental Defenders 35%Resource Nationalists 30%
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Explainer: What the USDA's Move to Rescind the Roadless Rule Means for National Forests
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ExplainerWater Policy
UN Scientists Formally Define New Global Water Crisis as 'Era of Global Water Bankruptcy'
Hydrological Researchers 40%Agricultural Economists 30%International Policymakers 30%
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ExplainerClimate Science
New Analysis Finds Statistically Significant Acceleration in Global Warming Rate Since 2015
Climate Data Analysts 40%Atmospheric Physicists 35%Climate Policy Advocates 25%
6 sources · 19d ago
AnalysisClimate Projections
UN GEO-7 Report Warns 9.2 Billion People Face Extreme Heat by 2050 Without Dramatic Action
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3 sources · 19d ago
Fisheries PolicyExplainer
How NOAA's New Directives Reshape U.S. Commercial Fishing and Marine Protections
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6 sources · 19d ago
ExplainerDe-Extinction Tech
The Science and Controversy Behind the Dire Wolf De-Extinction
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ExplainerWater Quality
Why 100% of England's Rivers Fail Chemical Tests (And What the Data Actually Means)
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Climate RefugiaExplainer
How Climate-Resilient Coral Reefs Can Survive Warming Oceans
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ExplainerBiodiversity Tracking
The Hidden Extinction Crisis: Why 30,000 Plant and Fungi Species Are at Risk
Biodiversity Researchers 40%Ecological Systems Analysts 35%Conservation Planners 25%
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East Africa FloodsCrisis Response
Catastrophic Flooding in East Africa Displaces Over 240,000, Kills Hundreds Across Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi
Humanitarian Agencies 40%Regional Governments 35%Climate Forecasters 25%
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Alpine ThawDisaster Watch
Thawing Permafrost Threatens Swiss Village with Catastrophic Mountain Collapse
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Climate FinancePolicy Decision
Appeals Court Rules EPA Cannot Block $20 Billion in Frozen Climate Grants
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Mega-DamsExplainer
Chinese Geologists Warn World's Largest Hydropower Project in Tibet Sits on Active Fault Line
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Border PolicyExplainer
CBP Halts Border Construction in Big Bend National Park Following Public Outcry
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European WildfiresClimate Impact
Historic European Wildfires Generate Rare Pyrocumulonimbus Storms Over Spain and France
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ExplainerWater Policy
How the 'Continuous Surface Connection' Test is Reshaping US Wetland Protections
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Midwest FloodingDisaster Response
Catastrophic Flooding in US Midwest Kills Seven, Drives White River to Record Levels
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Flores Sea QuakeDisaster Recovery
Over 100 Dead, Thousands Displaced After M7.7 Quake Strikes Indonesia's Flores Sea
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High Fens FireDisaster Response
Record-Breaking Wildfire in Belgium Forces Evacuations, Spreads to German Border
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ExplainerColorado River
What 'Minimum Power Pool' Means for Lake Powell and the Colorado River
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Energy TransitionMilestone Report
China's Fossil Fuel Share Drops Below 50% for First Time Amid Massive Clean Energy Expansion
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