Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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5 years after California's deadliest wildfire, survivors forge different paths toward recovery

Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most of the northern California town

5 years after California's deadliest wildfire, survivors forge different paths toward recovery
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As price of olive oil soars, chainsaw-wielding thieves target Mediterranean's century-old trees

In the Mediterranean's olive-growing countries, the extreme weather caused by climate change is taking a toll

As price of olive oil soars, chainsaw-wielding thieves target Mediterranean's century-old trees
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Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn't have happened without climate change, study finds

A new study says the three-year drought that has left millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran with little water wouldn’t have happened without human-caused climate change

Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn't have happened without climate change, study finds
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Resources to save 'every creeping thing of the earth' are limited. What would Noah do?

As COP28 looks for solutions to the climate crisis, retaining biodiversity is crucial to the planet’s future. But not every species can be saved from extinction. Here’s one approach.

Resources to save 'every creeping thing of the earth' are limited. What would Noah do?
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Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds

Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year’s United Nations’ climate talks in Egypt

Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds
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Gov. Beshear says his reelection in Kentucky shows how Democrats can overcome US political divisions

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is riding high after his reelection victory in Republican-leaning Kentucky

Gov. Beshear says his reelection in Kentucky shows how Democrats can overcome US political divisions
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Negotiations over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining plod along as pressure mounts

Debate over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining will stretch into next year as a U.N. agency that presides over the international seabed has concluded its last meeting of the year

Negotiations over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining plod along as pressure mounts
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Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sick

Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to shut schools, markets and parks for four days

Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sick
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Cranberries can bounce, float and pollinate themselves: The saucy science of a Thanksgiving classic

Cranberries add color and acidity to Thanksgiving menus, but they also have many interesting botanical and genetic features.

Cranberries can bounce, float and pollinate themselves: The saucy science of a Thanksgiving classic
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Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.

In the vast, high desert of southern Idaho is a place called Minidoka

Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
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Iceland's Blue Lagoon spa closes temporarily as earthquakes put area on alert for volcanic eruption

The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions, has closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a possible volcanic eruption

Iceland's Blue Lagoon spa closes temporarily as earthquakes put area on alert for volcanic eruption
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Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project

A federal judge has upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a massive project that drew the ire of environmentalists who accused the president of backpedaling on his pledge to combat climate change

Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project
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Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change

Australia is offering the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms that climate change is bringing

Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change
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UN's 'global stocktake' on climate offers a sobering emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress

With many countries planning fossil fuel production increases and continuing subsidies, negotiators have their work cut out for them when the COP28 climate summit begins.

UN's 'global stocktake' on climate offers a sobering emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress
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France's Macron says melting glaciers are 'an unprecedented challenge for humanity'

French President Emmanuel Macron says melting glaciers pose “an unprecedented challenge for humanity.”

France's Macron says melting glaciers are 'an unprecedented challenge for humanity'
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Siemens Gamesa scraps plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines on Virginia's coast

A European company has cancelled plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines in coastal Virginia

Siemens Gamesa scraps plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines on Virginia's coast
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Biden's movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security

The Biden administration’s plan to build new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas calls for a “movable” design that frustrates both environmentalists and advocates of stronger border enforcement

Biden's movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security
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Mexico City imposes severe, monthslong water restrictions as drought dries up reservoirs

Mexican officials have imposed severe, monthslong cuts to Mexico City’s water supply just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as drought dries the capital’s reservoirs

Mexico City imposes severe, monthslong water restrictions as drought dries up reservoirs
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Iceland evacuates town and raises aviation alert as concerns rise that a volcano may erupt

Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland have left their homes after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region

Iceland evacuates town and raises aviation alert as concerns rise that a volcano may erupt
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Saving Brazil's golden monkey, one green corridor at a time

Volunteers are taking part in an effort to extend the habitat of the most emblematic and endangered species of Rio de Janeiro’s rural interior — the golden lion tamarin

Saving Brazil's golden monkey, one green corridor at a time
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France’s poorest island is parched because of drought and underinvestment

Water taps flow just one day out of three in Mayotte, a French territory off Africa’s eastern coast

France’s poorest island is parched because of drought and underinvestment
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Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia. UN warns of a flood event likely to happen once in 100 years

Somali authorities say floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of the country

Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia. UN warns of a flood event likely to happen once in 100 years
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Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been briefly interrupted by a man who approached her on stage after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital

Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election
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Talks on a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing in Kenya's capital

Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing at a meeting where participants are discussing the treaty's draft language for the first time

Talks on a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing in Kenya's capital
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Climate change is altering animal brains and behavior − a neuroscientist explains how

Rapidly changing temperatures and sensory environments are challenging the nervous systems of many species. Animals will be forced to evolve to survive.

Climate change is altering animal brains and behavior − a neuroscientist explains how

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