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Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn’t it used on public lands more often?
In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through...
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The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster
When Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, a beach house called the Sand Palace was left standing, while more than half the buildings around it were destroyed.Its owners had built it...
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Translating economic growth into better lives
Solving complex social problems with multiple interrelated causes can involve juggling a variety of factors. Securing funding, designing the right programs, and sustaining the political will necessary to implement them demands a targeted approach.Lyonel Tanganco, a graduate student in...
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Playing against climate risk
Sai Ravela, principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), works with a team of researchers, local partners, and community collaborators to develop game-based computer models to help local communities find solutions to their...
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Hertfordshire nature reserves spot rare species during heatwaves
At the end of June, the project visited Fir & Pond Woods, near Potters Bar, and recorded Euides basilinea, a planthopper associated with reeds, which had no previous records in Hertfordshire.At Aldbury Nowers, near Tring, the leafhopper Zygina hyperici...
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When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks
The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock crashing into the river below, but that wasn’t the...
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Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery
Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño. These events can affect weather around the world, and the intensity of recent...
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Why the US-Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years
U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is getting personal for American farmers.After trade talks between the two longtime allies fell apart in mid-August 2026, Trump imposed 50% tariffs on a wide range of...
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Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit
When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for...
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Fires still burn in charred landscape as focus turns to wildfire prevention
In April, the Cairngorms National Park Authority introduced a bylaw making it illegal to start a fire or a BBQ during the summer months to prevent wildfires.Despite the huge blaze, figures suggest that move has been effective at reducing...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience.Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push...
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