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Forest fires may be natural, but that doesn’t make them popular
Our new policy to let forest fires burn is inspired by nature. Unfortunately, nature doesn’t always behave as we’d like.
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The warmer it gets, the more it snows in Antarctica. Huh?
Counterintuitively, a warmer planet means more snow on the Southern Continent. And that's a good thing.
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Severe drought in India pushed thousands of farmers to suicide
Why was this drought worse than others? Blame climate change and modernization.
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Antarctica is about to lose a chunk of ice the size of Delaware
It could destabilize one of the continent's largest ice shelves.
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From Glacierless National Park to the Neverglades: Meet your future national parks
The parks are having an identity crisis -- so we renamed them.
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Louisiana’s flood couldn’t have been stopped, but it didn’t have to be so devastating
A set of canals, levees, and reservoirs that could have staunched Louisiana's floods had been deemed impractical.
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Explain your latest award nomination, Grist
The Grist Explainers team gets a nod from the 2016 Online Journalism Awards.
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7 celebrities we’d like to see #MakeAmericaGreenAgain
This is a crucial election, and the environment is watching.
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How farms can heal forests — or even make them
The forest ecosystem — bugs, soil, logs dead or alive, roots, shrubs, creepers, vines, trees, and all — is one hell of a long-term polyamorous relationship.
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Monsanto’s new GMO soybeans are making a hot mess for farmers
Its herbicide-tolerant crop is pitting farmer against farmer.
