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Northeast States Abandon Cap-and-Trade Plan for Cars

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Albatross ‘Divorce’ Rate Rises as the Ocean Warms

Jack Tamisiea

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Rivers Dump Mercury into Coastal Fisheries

Elise Cutts

Biodiversity’s Greatest Protectors Need Protection

Indigenous peoples have been conserving ecosystems for millennia. Now the developed world wants to evict them

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Northeast States Abandon Cap-and-Trade Plan for Cars

Benjamin Storrow and E&E News

Animals

Albatross ‘Divorce’ Rate Rises as the Ocean Warms

Jack Tamisiea

Pollution

Rivers Dump Mercury into Coastal Fisheries

Elise Cutts

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Climate Pledges Still Not Enough to Keep Warming Below 2-Degree Limit

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

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Marine Oxygen Levels are the Next Great Casualty of Climate Change

Julie Pullen and Nathalie Goodkin | Opinion

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Devastating Pacific Northwest Floods Could Carry a Climate Warning

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

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The Ecology of the First Thanksgiving

Elic Weitzel | Opinion

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Fearing Liability, U.S. Resists U.N. Fund for Climate Damages

Jean Chemnick and E&E News

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Dozens of Shipwreck Discoveries Anticipated in New Marine Sanctuary

A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan

Jennifer Nalewicki

Half of the World’s Coastal Sewage Pollution Flows from Few Dozen Places

An analysis of roughly 135,000 watersheds reveals that large amounts of key pollutants come from human wastewater, not just agricultural runoff

New Mineral Discovered in Deep-Earth Diamond

The surprising find has never shown up in nature before and reveals secrets about the earth’s mantle

Stephanie Pappas

Devastating Pacific Northwest Floods Could Carry a Climate Warning

So-called atmospheric rivers could become more intense and drop more rain in the future

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

Fearing Liability, U.S. Resists U.N. Fund for Climate Damages

The reluctance reflects long-standing concerns over climate-related litigation

Jean Chemnick and E&E News

Newfound Ocean Hotspot Draws Millions of Migrating Birds Each Year

Scientists hope to protect these critical international waters

Rebecca Dzombak

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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

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

August 18, 2020

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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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An Unblinking History of the Conservation Movement

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An Unblinking History of the Conservation Movement

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