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Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number
When heat waves hit the Western United States, the risk of wildfires quickly rises. The prolonged heat dries out vegetation, but that’s only part of the cause – heat waves also play other roles in...
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Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead
During the first Trump administration, states and cities, tired of waiting for the federal government to deal with energy and climate challenges, started writing their own laws.New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection...
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Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they might do instead
During the first Trump administration, states and cities, tired of waiting for the federal government to deal with energy and climate challenges, started writing their own laws.New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection...
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How Wall Street is shifting electric utilities toward consolidation and profit
A corporate merger that would form the largest electric utility in the United States is underway. It’s just one of many recent utility mergers and acquisitions as electric utilities enter a period of rapid growth.On...
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The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area alone
The ocean is home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. From coral reefs and mangrove forests to the deep sea, marine ecosystems sustain countless species, support coastal communities, regulate the climate and underpin...
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Has the answer to life’s origins been hiding in our cells all along?
In every cell of your body, there are mysterious speckles. You need a microscope to see them, but if...
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This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model...
Lately, much of the news about the Arctic has been bleak. The far north is warming three to four times faster than the rest of the planet. Arctic climate change – manifesting in sea ice...
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Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America
Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere in the background, is the ever-present hum of a road.More than 4.2 million miles of public roads crisscross the lower 48 states...
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New microplastics research examines River Thames pollution
Three litres of surface water will be collected from seven publicly accessible riverside locations along the Thames - Teddington, Westminster, St Katharine Docks, Limehouse, North Woolwich, Tilbury and Southend - before being filtered at a laboratory to capture tiny...
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How forgotten voyages helped track El Nino
A century ago, research ship William Scoresby left Hull for pioneering work in the southern oceans.
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US wants Iran to pledge to stop shooting at ships in Strait of Hormuz
Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and two people who have been heavily involved in Middle East...