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[l] at 7/26/24 1:00am
To track the sources of mercury pollution across wildlands in the U.S., scientists have turned to an unlikely indictor: dragonfly larvae.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/24/24 1:00am
The global steel industry is turning away from polluting coal-fired blast furnaces and toward cleaner electric arc furnaces, which now account for roughly half of all planned steelmaking capacity, according to a new report.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/23/24 4:34am
Federal officials are set to launch an effort to save the threatened northern spotted owl by killing thousands of invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The initiative is supported by mainstream conservation organizations but opposed by animal welfare groups.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/22/24 9:00am
***EMBARGOED UNTIL 4 PM IRISH TIME, MONDAY JULY 22***Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/19/24 7:00am
An international body of botanists voted Thursday to rename more than 200 species of plants, fungi, and algae whose scientific names include variations of the word "caffra," an Arabic word for "infidel" that is used as a racial slur against Black people.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/19/24 7:00am
An international body of botanists voted Thursday to rename more than 200 species of plants, fungi, and algae whose scientific names include variations of the word "caffra," an Arabic word for "infidel" that is used as a racial slur against Black people.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/18/24 2:28am
Roishetta Ozane founded a grassroots organization to help frontline Louisiana communities recover from back-to-back hurricanes. Soon, she was educating people about the deadly interconnections between gas export plants, climate disasters, and environmental racism.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/17/24 7:13am
Newly released photographs from the Peruvian Amazon show dozens of uncontacted Indigenous people, members of the Mashco Piro tribe, only a few miles from an area where logging is set to begin.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/16/24 3:45am
Despite warnings that climate change would create widespread desertification, many drylands are getting greener because of increased CO2 in the air — a trend that recent studies indicate will continue. But scientists warn this added vegetation may soak up scarce water supplies. Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/15/24 8:30am
By melting Arctic sea ice, warming has led to a growth of shipping through the Northwest Passage, a route from Europe to Asia that traces the northern edge of Canada. But a new study finds a growing risk from more hazardous forms of sea ice, trimming the number of days during which ships can safely journey through Arctic waters.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/12/24 7:42am
The Pacific is set to shift from its warmer El Niño phase to its cooler La Niña phase in late summer or early fall, U.S. officials say, likely bringing an end to a long stretch of unprecedented warmth.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/11/24 6:59am
China is erecting twice as much wind and solar capacity as every other country put together, according to a new analysis of large renewable energy projects. Increasingly, wind and solar are edging coal off the power grid.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/10/24 2:05am
Springs, which bring groundwater to the surface and support a host of unique species, are disappearing globally, victims of development and drought. Researchers are working to document and map these life-giving habitats in an effort to save them before they are gone. Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/9/24 7:14am
Work is nearly complete on a pilot project erecting solar canopies over a canal on tribal land south of Phoenix. When finished, it will be the first solar-covered canal in the U.S.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/8/24 7:31am
As warming weakens ocean circulation, the seas could increasingly become a source of heat-trapping gas, a new study finds.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/5/24 1:00am
Despite the recent slowdown in EV purchasing, a new analysis finds that sales of plug-in cars will surge in the U.S. over the next three years.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/3/24 7:01am
Google has reported that, since 2019, its emissions have grown by 48 percent, an enormous increase that reflects the vast amounts of energy used by artificial intelligence.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/2/24 7:37am
In the Amazon, Brazil has made huge gains in its battle against deforesters, but it is increasingly losing ground to another threat: climate change. Amid pervasive drought this year, the number of wildfires has hit a 20-year high, official figures show. Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 7/1/24 6:59am
As glaciers melt around the globe, scientists are racing to retrieve ice cores that contain key historical records of temperature and climate that are preserved in the ice. Researchers are also pushing to gather ancient relics locked in the ice before they are lost to warmingRead more on E360 →
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[l] at 6/28/24 6:59am
South African researchers have inserted radioactive material into the horns of 20 live rhinos. Their goal: to track horns from rhinos that were hunted illegally.Read more on E360 →
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[l] at 6/27/24 2:37am
Toxicologist Danielle Stevenson cleans up carbon-based pollutants and heavy metals from contaminated sites using fungi and plants. She’s also training environmental justice and tribal communities in using these methods so they can remediate toxic sites on their own.Read more on E360 →

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