Coastal darkening, an environmental threat researchers are only beginning to study, is found to dramatically reduce the productivity of kelp.
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Below Aging U.S. Dams, a Potential Toxic Calamity
Documents suggest that in more than 80 U.S. locations, the failure of an aging dam could flood a major toxic waste site.
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Warming Oceans Are Making the Climate Crisis Significantly Worse
Humans have locked in at least 20 feet of sea level rise—can we still fix it?
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Dangerous Heat, Unequal Consequences
How two neighborhoods in Arizona and Florida became hot spots for sickening heat.
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Cover Crops, Sensors, and Food Security
Forward-Thinking Ideas for the USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda
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Cómo convertir nuestras ciudades en Treetopias
Estamos y seguiremos plantando más árboles callejeros, arboledas urbanas y cúmulos informales de árboles en nuestros parques y espacios verdes. La Treetopia ha comenzado.
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Five Science Questions That Ought to Be Asked at the Debates
Journalists, moderators, and the public have an important opportunity to question the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the upcoming TV debates.
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Youth Climate Movement Recalibrates
Sixteen children await a decision from the United Nations on whether their home nations have endangered their rights by not adequately responding to climate change.
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We Need to Direct More Science Research Dollars to Rural America
Pandemic relief funding should provide a much-needed boost to scientific research. And we should steer those dollars toward where they can do the most good.
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Great Lakes Cities’ Sewer Designs Mean Waste in the Waters
In older cities, a single system of pipes may transport sewage and stormwater runoff. As the climate crisis brings more intense storms, urban areas like Toronto are overhauling their drainage systems.