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20 September 26 | Giving a Dam. How Colorado Is Making Beavers Welcome Across the State More

Canada’s Trump Card in the Trade War with the U.S.

"Carbon Majors" Are Wringing Out the West to Dry

Is It Finally Time for Glen Canyon Dam to Go?

A "Dangerous, Chilling Effect" on Coastal States?

The Oceans Are Running Out of Oxygen

Was Water a Factor in the Diarrhea Outbreak?

The Plan to Move Water from the Desert to Cities

How Water Became the Next Front in the Battle over Abortion

The "Flamingo Revolution”

From the Arctic to Zombies

Another Strait Is Closing

The War with Iran Endangers Marine Life

Hungarians Are Hungry for Climate Action

How the “God Squad” Could Cause Whales to Go Extinct

How Sea Turtles Record History

"Forever Water"—What Happens in L.A., Stays in L.A.

The Endangered “Endangerment Finding”

A “Widespread Collapse of American Agriculture”

What Trump May Want From Greenland Beyond Minerals

How Environmental Damage Fueled Iran’s Protests

Fighting Fire with Sound—No Water Required

Some in the West Pay High Prices for Water, While Others Get It for Free

A Mushrooming Industry That Serves the Dead

Climate Change Is Making Food Less Nutritious

Planes Could Soon Run on Garbage

How Whales Can Help Humans Live Longer

How “Liquid Air” Could Help Solve the Climate Crisis

A New Silk Road Through the Arctic

Your Dog’s Carbon “Paw Print”

A High Five for the High Seas

Why Sharks Could Lose Their Fearsome Bite

How Tariffs Could Strain Water Supplies

Flash Mob—Finding Love in a Hotter, Drier World

How Norway Achieved a Nearly 100 Percent Recycling Rate

The Magic of Mixing Soda Cans, Seawater, and Coffee

The Oceans Are Getting Darker

Plants Get Sweeter When They "Hear" Bees

Trees Know an Eclipse Is Coming Before it Starts

Nations Agree to First-Ever Global Fee on Greenhouse Gases

Butterfly Diplomacy—How the U.S. and Mexico Are Working Together in the Trump Era

Making Acid Rain Great Again?

Why Climate Change Means Fewer Satellites

No NOAA, No Safety?

Greenland’s Most Valuable Resource Isn’t Its Minerals

Weather Forecasting Could Become an Unsafe Free-for-All

Why Leaving the Paris Agreement May Not Be a Bad Thing

Drought Talks Dry Up

Giving AI the Side-Eye

A New Compound Has Been Identified in Tap Water

Could China Now Become a Green Superpower?

Ratting Out Traffickers

A “Silver Tsunami” Is Hitting the Water Industry

The Military Defies an Order to Clean Up Groundwater

Meet a Unique Storm Chaser

A River Sued a City—and Won

Supreme Court Guts Protecting Air and Water

“Day Zero” Approaches in Mexico City

Sacking Sackett? Biden Moves to Protect Wetlands

A Man Was Indicted for Smuggling…Greenhouse Gases

The European Union Moves to Criminalize Ecocide

Was This Year’s COP Half Full or Half Empty?

The War in Israel Comes for U.S. Water Systems

They’ve Been Called an “Ecological Train Wreck”

Going Nuclear in a Small Way

Kicking the Salt Habit

Why Some Trees Are Worsening Air Pollution

As Climate Disasters Increase, So Do Government Subsidies for Fossil Fuels

Your Next Winter Coat Could Help Store Carbon

How “Project 2025” Could Eviscerate Climate Action

Why Curly-Haired People Are Cooler

When a Dustup Is a Good Thing

How “Crustivoltaics” Could Restore Arid Lands

A Grueling Sporting Event Is Doing Science

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Looming Threat of “Phosphogeddon”

High Hopes for the High Seas

Whales Are Wailing Less and Fighting More

How to Help Poor Countries Protect Nature

The True Reason for Attila the Hun’s Raids

Red to Grow, Blue to Flow

A Railroad Strike Could Derail Water Systems

A Drone You Can Eat?

How Solar Panels Save Water

To Make This Battery Work, Just Add Water

How Salt Can Predict Rain

Feds Give States Just 60 Days to Act

Can We Worm Our Way Out of Our Plastic Pollution Problem?

Congress Appears Pumped to Fight Climate Change

Denver Is Using Its Sewage to Fight Climate Change

Cacti Are in a Prickly Situation

Using Garbage to Break Ties with Russia

A Vegetable That Can Clean Drinking Water

Rivers and Lakes Are Still Polluted 50 Years After the Clean Water Act

Kite Energy Might Start to Soar

A Setback for Oil and Gas