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Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say
Extreme heat and flooding are accelerating the deterioration of bridges, engineers say, posting a quiet but growing threat.
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A Frenzied Summer Leads to a Tourism Backlash in Europe
Overwhelmed destinations made high-season visitors the targets of a major tourism backlash. Heat waves and fires only added to the pressure.
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Record Rainfall Spoils Crops in China, Rattling Leaders
Some vegetables cost more than they have in five years. Top Chinese officials have made a point of showing that they’re doing something about it.
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Dragons and Sharks on a Beach Near You: The Story of the Great Lego Spill
Nearly five million Lego pieces plunged into the sea in 1997. The pieces are still showing up — on England’s coast, in Ireland, Belgium, France and possibly at the beach near you.
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5 Takeaways From Our Reporting on Toxic Sludge Fertilizer
The Times dug into the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, which is sometimes heavily contaminated by “forever chemicals.”
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Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.
Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades. Scientists say it can contain high levels of the toxic substance.
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When the Flash Flood Comes With Godlike Velocity, Why Do I Stay and Watch?
This series of floods didn’t force us to leave. But the next ones might.
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I Swore Off Air-Conditioning, and You Can, Too
The more time we can spend outside or inside without the air-conditioner blasting, the better prepared we’ll be — both to slow climate change and to adapt to it.
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Business Group Sues Texas Officials Over Law That Shields Oil Industry
The suit challenges a measure that prohibits state entities like retirement funds from doing business with firms that “boycott energy companies.”
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Turbine Blades Have Piled Up in Landfills. A Solution May Be Coming.
Wind power has a waste problem that has been difficult to solve. Turbine blades made from a new plant-based material could make them recyclable.
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Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire
How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.
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Climate Change Comes to the Tetons
In one of North America’s most stunning mountain ranges, melting glaciers and warmer temperatures are raising fears of ecological tipping points.
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Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords.
The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire.
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100-Plus Tons of Dead Fish Swamp a Greece Port
The mass deaths of the fish were most likely caused by climate change. The vacation area and its businesses have been suffering since.
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South Korean Court Orders Stronger Steps on Climate Change
A ruling by the Constitutional Court declared the nation’s current measures insufficient and a violation of the rights of future generations.
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Canada’s Wildfires Were a Top Global Emitter Last Year, Study Says
The blazes produced more planet-warming carbon than almost any country, researchers found. That could upend key calculations on the pace of global warming.
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Solar Power’s Spread and Cheap Price Will Change the Climate
The price of solar power is plummeting faster than we ever expected.
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How R.F.K. Jr. Went From Environmental Champion to Trump Backer
Kennedy’s former co-workers in the environmental movement aren’t surprised that he endorsed Trump, who has called climate change a “hoax.”
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Heat Deaths Have Doubled in the U.S. in Recent Decades, Study Finds
The finding comes as a late-August heat wave bears down on a significant part of the country.
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Is This Massive Attack Concert the Gold Standard for a Green Gig?
Coldplay and Billie Eilish have tried to drive down carbon emissions while touring, but the British band Massive Attack has tried to take the efforts even further.
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