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![thick spiral of smoke drifts over field obscuring blue sky and sun]()
![thick spiral of smoke drifts over field obscuring blue sky and sun]()
Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again
"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it."
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![Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 7 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of several inland states that has seen skyrocketing insurance costs in recent years.]()
![Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 7 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of several inland states that has seen skyrocketing insurance costs in recent years.]()
How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry
Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs.
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![A road stretches through the desert]()
Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
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![A collage of a woman in purple nitrile gloves holding a long plant stalk. In the background there is a circle with stars and space]()
![A collage of a woman in purple nitrile gloves holding a long plant stalk. In the background there is a circle with stars and space]()
Can the harsh conditions of space breed more resistant crops for Earth?
To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
Could the same be happening to us?
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![This is an aerial shot of a flooded city neighborhood. The street is lined with white high-rise apartment buildings and the road is submerged in brown floodwater.]()
![This is an aerial shot of a flooded city neighborhood. The street is lined with white high-rise apartment buildings and the road is submerged in brown floodwater.]()
In Brazil, unprecedented flooding may force a political reckoning
“This is going to shake the mindsets of voters."
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![A flooded home in the River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, Texas on May 3, 2024. A series of storms dropped 23 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas.]()
![A flooded home in the River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, Texas on May 3, 2024. A series of storms dropped 23 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas.]()
Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program
The San Jacinto River is a national hotspot for ‘managed retreat,’ but recent floods show how far local officials still have to go.
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![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst?
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![A long corridor of dry grass between metal fences, as seen through a metal fence.]()
![A long corridor of dry grass between metal fences, as seen through a metal fence.]()
Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
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The world’s garment workers are on the front lines of climate impacts
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
