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Fast-Growing Wildfires Are Especially Destructive, Study Shows

October 24, 2024 - 14:00
In recent decades, fast-growing blazes were responsible for an outsize share of fire-related devastation, scientists found using satellite data.
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Can Biological Engineering Change the World?

October 24, 2024 - 13:31
Altering the DNA of living organisms could be an early step in re-engineering the natural world to help curb climate change.
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U.N. Report on Climate Goals Says Countries Have Made No Progress

October 24, 2024 - 10:00
An annual assessment by the world body tracks the gulf between what countries have vowed to do and what they’ve actually achieved.
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El huracán Milton me hizo llorar al aire. No me arrepiento de que pasara

October 24, 2024 - 05:05
Mi momento viral reveló una experiencia compartida de ansiedad climática entre generaciones. Es hora de que la canalicemos hacia la acción.
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I Went Viral for Crying Over Hurricane Milton. I Couldn’t Help It.

October 24, 2024 - 05:05
When it comes to the climate crisis, sometimes feelings are as important as facts, even for meteorologists.
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Inside the Effort to Change How Seeds Grow

October 24, 2024 - 05:02
Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains.
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In Climate Fight, Scientists Tinker With Bacteria to Replace Corn Fertilizer

October 24, 2024 - 05:00
By tweaking the DNA of bacteria, scientists aim to cut the use of chemical fertilizers that are worsening global warming. Some worry about unintended consequences.
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Tesla Reports Robust Profit Increase

October 23, 2024 - 16:30
The electric car company said profits climbed 17 percent in the third quarter as strong sales of energy products helped to make up for relatively slow auto sales.
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What I Learned After Breaking Down About Hurricane Milton on TV

October 23, 2024 - 08:45
My viral moment revealed a shared experience of climate anxiety across generations. It’s time that we channel it into action.
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Our Strange New Way of Witnessing Natural Disasters

October 23, 2024 - 05:07
Destruction arrives not via solemn news reports but in a barrage of digital scraps — first-person views of what it looks like when the world changes.
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Una manera radical de abordar las inundaciones en Inglaterra: inundaciones estratégicas

October 23, 2024 - 00:02
Cuando se inundó deliberadamente una enorme extensión de tierra en la costa de Somerset, un político local tachó el proyecto de “ridículo”. Pero los resultados han sido transformadores.
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La guerra en Ucrania ha sido un obstáculo contra las investigaciones en el Ártico ruso

October 23, 2024 - 00:01
El estancamiento de la colaboración entre científicos occidentales y rusos está retrasando los esfuerzos para monitorear el Ártico, el cual se está calentando cuatro veces más rápido que el promedio mundial.
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The A.I. Power Grab

October 22, 2024 - 15:18
Big tech companies say A.I. can help solve climate change, even as it’s driving up their emissions and raising doubts about their climate goals.
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America’s Flooding Problem

October 22, 2024 - 11:05
We explain how the country is responding in three different ways to disasters.
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Russia’s Warming Arctic Is a Climate Threat. War Has Shut Scientists Out of It.

October 22, 2024 - 05:04
Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating up.
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The Quest to Save Koshihikari Rice From the Effects of Climate Change

October 22, 2024 - 04:57
Scientists in Japan are mining DNA to try to make the country’s famous Koshihikari rice resistant to heat, after a broiling summer ravaged the crop.
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A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the Sea

October 22, 2024 - 00:01
When a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative.
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En Colombia, la protección internacional de la biodiversidad está en el foco

October 21, 2024 - 16:19
Delegados de todo el mundo se reúnen en Cali en la que se espera que sea la mayor conferencia de la ONU sobre biodiversidad de la historia.
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A Major Push to Protect Nature Is Happening Now

October 21, 2024 - 12:19
Delegates from around the world are meeting in Colombia in what is expected to be the biggest U.N. biodiversity conference in history.
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Scientists Are Mapping Landslide Risk in Alaska. Some Homeowners Don’t Want to Know.

October 21, 2024 - 09:20
Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial.
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