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![Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants growing on a Petri dish.]()
![Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants growing on a Petri dish.]()
Climate change breaks plant immune systems. Can they be rebooted?
When temperatures rise, plants mysteriously lose their ability to defend against invading pathogens — but there may be a fix.
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![Illustration: a large pink and orange circle with small red and green blobs representing a microscopic view of Powassan virus; a deer tick positioned in the bottom right section of the circle as though walking out of frame]()
![Illustration: a large pink and orange circle with small red and green blobs representing a microscopic view of Powassan virus; a deer tick positioned in the bottom right section of the circle as though walking out of frame]()
A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change
Experts say it's not time to freak out — yet.
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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists
More than 150 conservation, environmental, and social justice organizations have accused The Nature Conservancy of "promoting false climate solutions."
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![Aerial view of a channel of water attached to the Mississippi River with smaller areas of water scattered over the land]()
![Aerial view of a channel of water attached to the Mississippi River with smaller areas of water scattered over the land]()
As the Louisiana coast disappears, the Mississippi River’s newest channel is building much-needed land
It's up to the Army Corps to keep it flowing.
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Red alert: Portions of the Arctic are warming much faster than we thought
"What's happening in the far north is off the scale."
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Study links ‘forever chemicals’ to high blood pressure in middle-aged women
In response, the EPA released stricter standards for PFAS levels in drinking water.
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![Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.]()
![Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.]()
Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show
In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.
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Feedback loops: How the ‘greening’ of the Alps could lead to more warming
Climate change can manifest as more than snow cover loss, a new study finds.
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A Pacific hurricane may kick off yet another hectic Atlantic hurricane season
NOAA is forecasting “above-average” hurricane activity in the Atlantic for the seventh year straight.
