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Environmental factors have adverse impacts on pregnancies, and there are clear racial disparities

Though hotter, humid weather can dampen transmission, it is not enough to significantly curtail the pandemic

Pumped storage hydropower could store intermittent energy from wind and solar power to de-carbonize the nation’s electricity supply

The rush to complete concentrating solar power projects led to multiple reliability problems

The temporary, and limited, reduction in emissions during the pandemic points to the need for larger structural changes

How this thin layer of aerosol particles might impact global climate remains to be seen

In California and Florida alone, such codes have prevented $1 billion a year in structural damage

Air pollution disproportionately impacts minority communities, and proposed changes would stymie efforts to address the disparity

A fast fire response will limit the need for mass evacuations and encampments

A new report says that only six of 46 clean energy sectors are making enough progress to limit warming to under 2 degrees Celsius

A new report advocates for governments to increase funding for projects like floodplain restoration

Such reviews are intended to allow community input and minimize harm to the environment

Experts and affected communities say environmental justice must be a key component of efforts to address climate change

An Arctic heat wave ushered in the start of the melt season two weeks earlier than average

The impacts of floods can exacerbate existing racial and social inequality

Yields of native wild rice have shrunk due to temperature rise, shoreline erosion and other environmental problems

Geological evidence shows glaciers retreated by as much as 6 miles in a year at the end of the last ice age

The proposed package would boost clean energy and transport to help the continent become carbon neutral by 2050

The fuel is increasingly uncompetitive with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy

As the climate changes, so will the prime area for growing corn and soy in the Midwest

Less water loss from plants causes the surrounding air to warm, and currents can transport that heat poleward

Climate change could impact where the blooms, likely important to the local ecosystem, appear

The rising odds of extreme weather are putting strain on aging infrastructure

The decline shows how far there is to go to curtail greenhouse gases over the long term