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To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It
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We Are Living in a Climate Emergency, and We’re Going to Say So
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Floods Are Increasing in Supposedly Low-risk Areas
The trend raises concerns about the accuracy of flood maps and the adequacy of insurance
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Glacier Is Surging Down Denali Mountain in Alaska
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To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It
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We Are Living in a Climate Emergency, and We’re Going to Say So
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Behavior & Society
To Confront the U.S. Border Crisis, Save Central America’s Forests
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Environment
Heat-Trapping Methane Surged in 2020
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Policy & Ethics
Nations Claim Large Overlapping Sections of Arctic Seafloor
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Conservation
National Park Nature Walks, Episode 4: Beautiful Swamp
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Biology
Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom
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We Are Living in a Climate Emergency, and We’re Going to Say So
It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed
To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It
A fast-growing front in the battle against climate change is focused on developing green technologies aimed at reducing humankind’s carbon footprint, but many scientists say simply reducing emissions is no longer enough...
Glacier Is Surging Down Denali Mountain in Alaska
The slumping ice is moving 50 to 100 times faster than usual
Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom
Billions of emerging insects will likely trigger predator population surges—but some species mysteriously opt out of such bounties
Climate Anxiety Is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon
Is it really just code for white people wishing to hold onto their way of life or to get “back to normal?”
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...
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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...
