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As a row crop farmer in St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days. Warmer seasons throughout the year. Quarter-inch predictions of rain stamped out by storms that bring 3 inches. Increased pressure from pests…
The US has invoked national security to remove protections for the endangered cetacean, of which only about 50 are left Since before modern humans existed Rice’s whales have been diving to the depths of the ocean to gorge on fat-rich…
High up in the Amazon canopy, camera traps have recorded the entire breeding cycle of red-and-green macaws in Peru’s Madre de Dios region. Researchers watched these birds team up to defend their nest, raise a chick, and face rivals —…
Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures.
Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures.
An Interior Department proposal would cancel BLM grazing leases for American Prairie’s buffalo in Montana, but it could affect tribal and private herds across the West. By Blaine Harden PHILLIPS COUNTY, Mont.—The American buffalo—those ornery, hairy prairie beasts that reign…
The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy. By Dana Drugmand, Nathaniel Eisen RUTLAND,…
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins and investigative reporter Katie Surma as they discuss how the Shuar people in Ecuador are combining ancestral knowledge and modern science to protect their forest from a Canadian mining giant.…
The Reform UK leader’s energy bill giveaway certainly grabs our attention – but it’s a distraction from the real winners and losers You can already imagine the video. A man stands in the middle of a suburban English street holding…
Under outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo, the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance When Corentin Roudaut moved to Paris 10 years ago, he was too scared to cycle. The IT developer had…