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Finding herself in charge of her sick husband’s clipper, a self-taught working-class teenager overcame storms, icebergs and a disloyal first mate to get her ship to safety No one knows exactly what Mary Ann Patten said in September 1856 when…
A robust, largely unregulated online trade in isopods could pose a serious threat to some vulnerable species, scientists warn.
A robust, largely unregulated online trade in isopods could pose a serious threat to some vulnerable species, scientists warn.
Since his presidency began last year, Donald Trump has embarked on an all-out campaign to destroy the nation’s nascent offshore wind industry. He has halted all wind lease sales in federal waters, issued stop-work orders for nearly-completed wind farms, and…
With the federal government retreating from climate action, cities and states have increasingly stepped in to ease emissions and address the crisis. But new research finds that those efforts often fail to reach renters — one of the largest and…
The Georgia Public Service Commission got a shock in November: After nearly two decades as an all-Republican body, two incumbent commissioners lost their seats. Georgia voters, frustrated by rising power bills, elected two Democrats with about 60 percent of the…
The National Trust describes the Northey Island project as “a bold marine engineering feat”.
How long does it take for a Frosty Fruit to melt in a heatwave? Guardian Australia sacrificed three ice blocks in Melbourne, Sydney and Ouyen, where the temperature hit 48C on Tuesday. It was the fifth day in a row…
Popularity of EVs in country is part of global trend of emerging markets spurning fossil fuel cars at surprising speeds When Berke Astarcıoğlu bought a BMW i3 in 2016, he was one of just 44 people in a country of…
In the upper reaches of the Mahakam River, inside one of the last intact rainforest corridors of Borneo, the Dayak Bahau community of Long Isun has been fighting a long, layered battle for justice. Their history on the land predates…