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THE CONVERSATION - USA - Environment

Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation

Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics w...

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Hiking canyons can quickly turn deadly when storms hit – what you should know before going in

Hiking canyons can quickly turn deadly when storms...

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Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change

Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are chan...

2 days ago 48

Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies the long war over US national park privatization

Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies ...

3 days ago 66

Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn’t it used on public lands more often?

Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire pre...

3 days ago 58

Data center projects in Pennsylvania face stronger local scrutiny after Shapiro’s executive order

Data center projects in Pennsylvania face stronger...

4 days ago 53

The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster

The greenest building is the one still standing af...

4 days ago 49

When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered ...

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Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery

Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extr...

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Why the US-Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years

Why the US-Canada trade war could change how Ameri...

1 week ago 72

Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit

Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as w...

1 week ago 55

Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time

Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping ...

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Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court

Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule prot...

1 week ago 59

Shifting the cleanup cost of packaging waste to companies could encourage greener packaging – but only if states are aligned

Shifting the cleanup cost of packaging waste to co...

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From flames to haze, wildfire smoke transforms as it travels, and it can harm your health in different ways

From flames to haze, wildfire smoke transforms as ...

1 week ago 80

Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders’ physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US

Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders...

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Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region’s complex geologic history

Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region’s complex...

1 week ago 66

Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action

Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study s...

2 weeks ago 78

Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent

Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the...

2 weeks ago 78

Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before the drought

Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents...

2 weeks ago 73

Colorado River water conservation efforts get only halfway to a solution

Colorado River water conservation efforts get only...

2 weeks ago 67

Just because the bill is low doesn’t mean energy is affordable

Just because the bill is low doesn’t mean energy i...

2 weeks ago 64

Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia, study finds – and the harm lasts for years

Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rur...

2 weeks ago 92

AI companies look to the ocean as a place to put more data centers

AI companies look to the ocean as a place to put m...

2 weeks ago 81

Dealing with disasters increasingly requires a smartphone – losing access can be a nightmare, but there are ways to prepare

Dealing with disasters increasingly requires a sma...

2 weeks ago 75

Small businesses at the gateways to America’s national parks face 4 big risks – including changing boundaries and extreme weather

Small businesses at the gateways to America’s nati...

3 weeks ago 92

Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened

Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from...

3 weeks ago 117

Controlling wild pigs can work if it’s a group effort

Controlling wild pigs can work if it’s a group eff...

3 weeks ago 83

Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ruined as they appear, but saving them means acting fast

Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ...

3 weeks ago 110

As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise

As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes...

3 weeks ago 80

Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer heat, but building them is only the first step – many don’t survive

Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer hea...

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Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here’s how to protect yourself

Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warmi...

3 weeks ago 117

Wildfires can leave surviving homes and their water unsafe – safety tips for residents as they return

Wildfires can leave surviving homes and their wate...

3 weeks ago 116

Chronic pain is missing from America’s heat warnings

Chronic pain is missing from America’s heat warnin...

3 weeks ago 85

Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how did it get on food?

Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how di...

3 weeks ago 96

Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off

Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spoka...

1 month ago 98

Weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off

Weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane pr...

1 month ago 75

El pueblo indígena wounaan ha hecho frente a la tala ilegal de palo de rosa y a siglos de explotación con sabiduría y belleza

El pueblo indígena wounaan ha hecho frente a la ta...

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Climate change may be making us lonelier: How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections everyone relies on

Climate change may be making us lonelier: How heat...

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Wounaan Indigenous people have opposed illegal rosewood logging and centuries of exploitation with wisdom and beauty

Wounaan Indigenous people have opposed illegal ros...

1 month ago 94

Oil shortages escalate from wars in Iran and Ukraine, with few signs of relief

Oil shortages escalate from wars in Iran and Ukrai...

1 month ago 88

Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic

Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic

1 month ago 92

Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws

Trump administration moves to block public from en...

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HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping and solar energy – here’s how they could be bridges instead

HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping...

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Leaving vehicle engines idling is unhealthy, expensive – and often illegal

Leaving vehicle engines idling is unhealthy, expen...

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4 ways wildfires generate tornadoes, lightning and other extreme weather, sometimes miles from the flames

4 ways wildfires generate tornadoes, lightning and...

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Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped cut Mexico’s water pollution – it holds lessons for future US trade deals

Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped ...

1 month ago 102

French climate lawsuit offers a window into the next round of the global legal fight

French climate lawsuit offers a window into the ne...

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Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, ...

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Bird droppings were a foundation of modern agriculture and American empire

Bird droppings were a foundation of modern agricul...

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