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Trees along Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue Mall display fall foliage

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The Surprising Root of the Massachusetts Fight Against Natural Gas

by Jenessa Duncombe 21 May 20215 November 2021

Tree lovers are hunting down the cause of arboreal deaths—and may remake the regional energy system in the process.

An illustration of trees towering over a city

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Growing Equity in City Green Space

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 21 May 20215 November 2021

City residents don’t all have the same access to the benefits of green space. Addressing that inequity requires community engagement at every stage from planning to development to management.

A group of people listen to a presenter while standing in a dry, rocky canyon.

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Changing the Culture of Fieldwork in the Geosciences

by A. F. Hill, M. Jacquemart, A. U. Gold and Kristy Tiampo 6 May 202122 March 2022

The need to address harassment in field campaigns is growing more urgent. A new workshop provides scientists with a broad set of tools to create more inclusive, safe, and functional field teams.

Plastic debris and other litter lines a creek shore in front of a partially constructed building

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Cameroon’s Mangrove Forests Are Choking on Plastics

by H. Ali, E. Atekwana, N. I. Konfor, D. Fregoso-Sanchez and G. C. N. Youaleu 21 April 20215 November 2021

Rapid urbanization and insufficient waste management are threatening the environmentally and culturally vital Wouri Estuary. Solutions are needed to save these and other mangroves around the world.

Yurok and Karuk igniters conduct traditional burning in an orchard near the Klamath River in California.

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Fire as Medicine: Learning from Native American Fire Stewardship

by Jane Palmer 29 March 202128 September 2021

For centuries, Indigenous peoples have worked to live in harmony with fire. Can integrating such cultural practices into contemporary wildfire management help prevent catastrophic wildfires?

Fishermen work from a small boat on a river in southern India with large boulders in the background

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Cratons, Why Are You Still Here?

by J. Paul 25 March 202128 January 2022

How have these continental relics from Earth’s early history survived the plate tectonic mixing machine?

An airplane flies low over ice with the sun shining through clouds in the background

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Glimpsing the Ins and Outs of the Arctic Atmospheric Cauldron

by M. Wendisch, D. Handorf, I. Tegen, R. A. J. Neggers and G. Spreen 16 March 202119 September 2022

Specially equipped aircraft will follow air masses into and out of the Arctic, observing their transformations and improving our knowledge of the Arctic climate and its global influence.