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In May 2024, floodwaters submerged much of Porto Alegre. Brazil’s fourth-largest city lost bridges, hospitals, and months of economic output. Hundreds died. The images briefly commanded global attention. Then the news cycle moved on. What it left behind was something…
President Trump ordered officials to remove information deemed disparaging to the United States. A review of government documents shows little guidance and striking inconsistencies.
Food production in many African countries depends heavily on fertiliser imported from the Gulf through the strait of Hormuz Countries in Africa, where farmers depend heavily on imported fertiliser and a large share of household income goes on food, are…
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a new way forward On 22 January 2024, at the inauguration of the current Liberian president, Joseph Boakai,…
An ecological survey has found 109 nightjar territories in the lowland heaths of east Hampshire.
Meteorologists are not mincing words in their forecasts for record-high temperatures in California and the desert Southwest.
The state plans to pay for induction stoves to be installed in 10,000 apartments across New York City. A Bronx walk-up provides an early look at what’s to come. By Lauren Dalban Facing each other, two appliance installers strapped a…
For years, scientists have been keeping a wary eye on the massive system of currents that carry water and nutrients across the ocean from Greenland to Antarctica. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation plays a large part in stabilizing the global…
President Trump has spent much of his second term trying to reshape global politics, first through a series of tariffs and trade deals that began on what he termed “Liberation Day” last April. This year, he’s focused on changing the…
A 339-mile buried transmission line is on schedule to bring clean electricity to New York City this spring.