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Public Health
Climate Change Is Having Widespread Health Impacts
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Environment
Why Amazon Trees Are Especially Vulnerable to This Year’s Fires
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Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says
Oil and gas development could exacerbate the impacts to species in the rapidly warming Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Climate
Rock Climbing, Climate Science and Leadership
Public Health
Public Health
Climate Change Is Having Widespread Health Impacts
Environment
Environment
Why Amazon Trees Are Especially Vulnerable to This Year’s Fires
Conservation
Conservation
Migrating Birds May Be Collateral Damage for a Popular Pesticide
Environment
Environment
Rising Emissions Overshadow Airlines’ Fuel-Efficiency Gains
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Energy
U.S. Could Lose Clean Energy Race, Lawmakers Are Warned
Climate
Climate
Shut Up, Franzen
Evolution
Evolution
Humpback Whales Swap Songs at Island Hub
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Shut Up, Franzen
Climate change is real and things will get worse—but because we understand the driver of potential doom, it’s a choice, not a foregone conclusion
Why Amazon Trees Are Especially Vulnerable to This Year’s Fires
Even trees that look as if they survived will die in the coming years, because they did not evolve fire-resistant features
No, Climate Change Will Not End the World in 12 Years
Stoking panic and fear creates a false narrative that can overwhelm readers, leading to inaction and hopelessness
Climate Change Is Having Widespread Health Impacts
Children, pregnant people and the elderly are the most at risk from extreme weather and heat—but the impact is already felt across every specialty of medicine
Even if Injection of Fracking Wastewater Stops, Quakes Won’t
Salty fluid sinks and puts pressure on rock, potentially triggering faults in Oklahoma for years to come
Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change
A book entitled Discerning Experts explains why—and what can be done about it
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A Nobel Economist Cites Growth as Innovation
Paul Romer, an expert in what’s known as endogenous growth theory and winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in economics, speaks to Scientific American about seeing economic growth as increased value, akin to when ingredients in a recipe are used to create a dish worth more than the original raw materials...
