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New conservation area protects 53% of carbon in northern Peruvian Amazon
A new regional conservation area has been created in Loreto, the largest region in Peru’s Amazon. The Medio Putumayo Algodón Regional Conservation Area is the fourth protected natural area in the Putumayo region, an area connected by the Putumayo River,…
E.P.A. Keeps Polluters on the Hook to Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’
The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.
Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds
Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.
Scientists pinpoint the brain’s internal mileage clock
They located this key area of function by recording the brain activity of running rats.
Powerful owls’ grisly crime scenes in urban parkland remind us we share suburbia with a magnificent predator
The magnificent apex predator of the night, forced out of forests into urban landscapes, now confronts yet another silent killer: rat poison Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now The air was crisp and the grass still…
Wildfire smoke could soon kill 71,000 Americans every year
You may live many miles away from a wildfire, but it could still kill you. That’s because all that smoke wafting in from afar poses a mortal risk. The threat is so great, in fact, that any official tally of…
Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns
This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say. By Phil McKenna Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the…
Can Hybrid Grapes Solve the Climate Change Dilemma for Wine Makers?
It’s a fringe movement so far, but hybrids have proven they can make good wine and may be better able to withstand climate change and disease.
Do Reptiles Have Moods, Too?
Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states.