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Why Was Afghanistan’s Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake So Devastating?

Sasha Warren

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Spray-On, Rinse-Off Food ‘Wrapper’ Can Cut Plastic Packaging

Sam Jones

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Prescribed Burns Are More Dangerous because of Climate Change

Thomas Frank and E&E News

Deadly Heat Wave’s Lesson: ‘This Is the Future We All Face’

After last year’s heat crisis, Pacific Northwest emergency managers, doctors and even transit systems are using lessons learned to prepare for this summer

Ariel Wittenberg and E&E News

Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

Why Was Afghanistan’s Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake So Devastating?

Sasha Warren

Food

Spray-On, Rinse-Off Food ‘Wrapper’ Can Cut Plastic Packaging

Sam Jones

Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

Prescribed Burns Are More Dangerous because of Climate Change

Thomas Frank and E&E News

Climate Change

Climate Change Is Turning More of Central Asia into Desert

Giorgia Guglielmi and Nature magazine

Climate Change

Seville Launches World’s First Program to Name and Rank Heat Waves

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

Climate Change

Fight over Damages Threatens to Derail Climate Negotiations

Sara Schonhardt and E&E News

Microbiology

Marine Microbe Lures Prey into Custom Slime Traps

Susan Cosier

Agriculture

What Did COVID Teach Us about Preparing for a Plant Pandemic?

Jonathan Margolis | Opinion

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If Electric Vehicles Don’t Cut CO₂ Fast Enough, These Fuels Might Help

Department of Energy researchers say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved

John Fialka and E&E News

What Did COVID Teach Us about Preparing for a Plant Pandemic?

The question is not whether we’ll experience such an event; it’s whether we’ll be ready when it strikes

Jonathan Margolis | Opinion

Pesticides Are Spreading Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Scientists Warn

Common chemicals sprayed on many crops each year are cloaked in bureaucratic uncertainties

Climate Change Is Turning More of Central Asia into Desert

The rapid expansion will have significant impacts on ecosystems and the people and animals who rely on them

Giorgia Guglielmi and Nature magazine

California Faces Summer Blackouts from Climate Extremes

Energy planners are working to increase the grid’s reliability to keep the power on during droughts, wildfires and heat waves

Anne C. Mulkern and E&E News

Racism Drives Environmental Inequality—But Most Americans Don’t Realize

Survey finds that most people think poverty is why pollution disproportionately affects Black people, despite evidence that racism is the major cause

Brittney J. Miller and Nature magazine

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How Plastic Became a Plague

How Plastic Became a Plague

Plastic pollution, including tiny bits known as microplastic, permeate the environment, posing a threat to human and planetary health

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Nature Can Help Us Prepare for the Next Pandemic

In March 2020 Ruth DeFries finished a manuscript more than five years in the making. It turned out to be both prescient and prophetic. In this document, the Columbia University professor argued that global crises are now inevitable because of the complexity and interconnectedness of our modern civilization...

April 8, 2021

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Natural Disasters

Misconceptions about Wildfires Are Fueling the Problem

January 29, 2021

Environment

A Map 15 Years in the Making Illuminates a 'Grand Canyon' off California's Coast

August 18, 2020

Biology

Drones Capture Close Encounters between Great White Sharks and Beachgoers

July 8, 2020

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Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: A New Climate-Related Threat from Above

January 15, 2020

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If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California?

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