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I Went Viral for Crying Over Hurricane Milton. I Couldn’t Help It.
When it comes to the climate crisis, sometimes feelings are as important as facts, even for meteorologists.
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Inside the Effort to Change How Seeds Grow
Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains.
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In Climate Fight, Scientists Tinker With Bacteria to Replace Corn Fertilizer
By tweaking the DNA of bacteria, scientists aim to cut the use of chemical fertilizers that are worsening global warming. Some worry about unintended consequences.
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Tesla Reports Robust Profit Increase
The electric car company said profits climbed 17 percent in the third quarter as strong sales of energy products helped to make up for relatively slow auto sales.
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What I Learned After Breaking Down About Hurricane Milton on TV
My viral moment revealed a shared experience of climate anxiety across generations. It’s time that we channel it into action.
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Our Strange New Way of Witnessing Natural Disasters
Destruction arrives not via solemn news reports but in a barrage of digital scraps — first-person views of what it looks like when the world changes.
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Una manera radical de abordar las inundaciones en Inglaterra: inundaciones estratégicas
Cuando se inundó deliberadamente una enorme extensión de tierra en la costa de Somerset, un político local tachó el proyecto de “ridículo”. Pero los resultados han sido transformadores.
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La guerra en Ucrania ha sido un obstáculo contra las investigaciones en el Ártico ruso
El estancamiento de la colaboración entre científicos occidentales y rusos está retrasando los esfuerzos para monitorear el Ártico, el cual se está calentando cuatro veces más rápido que el promedio mundial.
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The A.I. Power Grab
Big tech companies say A.I. can help solve climate change, even as it’s driving up their emissions and raising doubts about their climate goals.
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America’s Flooding Problem
We explain how the country is responding in three different ways to disasters.
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Russia’s Warming Arctic Is a Climate Threat. War Has Shut Scientists Out of It.
Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating up.
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The Quest to Save Koshihikari Rice From the Effects of Climate Change
Scientists in Japan are mining DNA to try to make the country’s famous Koshihikari rice resistant to heat, after a broiling summer ravaged the crop.
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A Radical Approach to Flooding in the UK: Give Land Back to the Sea
When a huge tract of land on the Somerset coast was deliberately flooded, the project was slammed as “ridiculous” by a local lawmaker. But the results have been transformative.
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En Colombia, la protección internacional de la biodiversidad está en el foco
Delegados de todo el mundo se reúnen en Cali en la que se espera que sea la mayor conferencia de la ONU sobre biodiversidad de la historia.
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A Major Push to Protect Nature Is Happening Now
Delegates from around the world are meeting in Colombia in what is expected to be the biggest U.N. biodiversity conference in history.
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Scientists Are Mapping Landslide Risk in Alaska. Some Homeowners Don’t Want to Know.
Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial.
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Why the Oil and Gas Industry Is So Afraid of Kamala Harris
The Democratic candidate’s agenda takes climate change seriously.
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Sudamérica enfrenta un alarmante futuro de sequías históricas
La sequía en Sudamérica, ya en su segundo año, está deshidratando el Amazonas y ha provocado incendios forestales, cortes de electricidad y racionamiento de agua en varios países del continente.
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Los meteorólogos ofrecen un vistazo a los pronósticos para este invierno
Se acerca el invierno. ¿Pero traerá nieve? La NOAA anunció el jueves su previsión invernal anual.
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An Alarming Glimpse Into a Future of Historic Droughts
Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight countries, is drying up.
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