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Climate change, pesticides, productivity and a continent under heat stress

Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern; it is becoming a direct economic challenge right across Europe's agricultural sector.
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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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The tab to keep a Pacific Northwest coal plant on standby keeps rising. Who will pay?

Electric utilities across the Pacific Northwest are fuming that their customers might be saddled with the costs of a coal-burning power plant that isn’t producing any power.The messy dispute stems from the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to sustain the American coal industry.
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EU countries are bailing out fossil fuels instead of funding the green transition, Greenpeace warns

Spain leads EU energy crisis spending, but Greenpeace says blanket fuel subsidies are propping up fossil fuels at the planet's expense.
Autumn trees and foliage along the clear water of the Guadalupe River in Texas.

The 10,000-year Guadalupe River flood

The banks of the Guadalupe River were an idyllic spot to park an RV. Then, last summer, it started to rain harder and faster than anyone could imagine.
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Europe’s largest data center hub leaves town sweltering

Emerging research suggests data centers create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C.

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New office at Stony Brook University links climate, community and health

Stony Brook's new Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research brings together groups to better understand how the environment shapes health outcomes.
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Fragmented forests sequester less carbon

New research has revealed that larger, unified forests store more carbon than the same area of fragmented patches.
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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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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.
A woman in a snowy lanscape wearing a hat and scarf bundled against the cold weather

Trump’s Energy Secretary says ‘cold is larger killer’ during record European heatwave

Chris Wright, a former oil and gas executive, urged the UK to embrace fossil fuels at right-wing Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London.

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