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US schools were built for a cooler climate that no longer exists. Now they face record-high temperatures As schools are returning to session following one of the hottest summers ever recorded, districts are faced with a new problem: how to…
Bangladesh’s northeastern corner, as shown on Google Maps, features irregular green patches: pale green swaths and smaller deep green pockets. In or around each deep green area lies a Khasi village, or punjee, with tin-roofed cottages on hillocks, indicating homes…
BYD overtakes Mitsubishi after nearly quadrupling sales in past year, according to official figures, as GWM, MG and Chery also surge Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians bought more than 20,000 Chinese-made vehicles in…
A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere. By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica…
An estimated 7,000 Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation in the country’s Amazon forests, but they face increased threats from logging, mining, oil and gas drilling and drug trafficking. By Nicholas Kusnetz This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider…
Construction in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley grasslands will prevent cross-border movement of endangered jaguars and other animals. By Anita Snow, National Catholic Reporter This story was originally published by National Catholic Reporter.
The rats scurried into the shed. Flinching at the sound of a horde of tiny claws scratching at the ground, Migdalia Mass Llorens kept vigil over her sleeping family huddled together under a single blanket. The 35-year-old mother of three…
In early August, in the village of Utulei on the eastern shore of Tatuila, the largest of seven islands that make up American Samoa, more than two dozen local residents gathered in an auditorium. They were there to learn about…
The first person to hoist a sail predates recorded history; humans have been harnessing the wind for thousands of years. Nevertheless, when the first windmill was first used to produce electricity 1887, it was immediately rejected as the work of…