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Experts: You have some power to reduce your AI environmental footprint

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.
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Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds

Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship.
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Carbon captured

How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself.

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After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built an extensive air-monitoring network

As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.
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'Flesh-eating' bacteria threat spreads on Europe's beaches as seas warm

Climate change is spreading Vibrio “flesh-eating” bacteria, forcing beach closures in Spain and alarming authorities, especially in the Mediterranean.

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European heat wave is not normal summer weather

Human-induced climate change has intensified temperatures, making this year's record heat wave up to 4 degrees Celsius hotter.
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Gas flaring rose for a third straight year, World Bank reports

A World Bank report found global flaring rose for a third straight year in 2025, spewing air pollution linked to preterm births and respiratory diseases.
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Public understanding of harmful algal blooms still low, survey finds

Most Australians remain uncertain about the cause of harmful algal blooms and are more worried about disasters such as bushfires and flooding.
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A pipeline company says it will protect the environment in North Carolina. Its record in Tennessee says otherwise

Damaged wetlands and streams, spills of drilling mud and a federal stop-work order have plagued the Ridgeline Expansion Project in Tennessee.
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AI is an energy and water hog. Here’s what you can do to counter that

As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.
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North Carolina ready to lead in reducing heat risk

Duke University School of Medicine researchers say North Carolina is well positioned to lead efforts to reduce the impacts of increasing heat, building on the state’s Heat Health Alert System and the NC DETECT surveillance platform.

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