Environment
Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August
September 2, 2022“We can only imagine what horrors he had witnessed in his life, and the loneliness of his existence after the rest of his tribe were killed."
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Great Salt Lake water level drops to historic low
August 31, 2022The dropping water levels expose the air we breathe to toxins stored in the lake beds, leading to new threats to public health.
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Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches
August 30, 2022“That’s how climate change works. Today’s outliers become tomorrow’s averages.”
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Wildfire smoke is choking Indigenous communities
August 26, 2022On July 29, 2021, Li Boyd woke up to the smell of smoke. It was her birthday — she was turning 38 — and she had rented a boat to take her parents and aunts out...
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Fires caused a quarter of U.S. forest loss since 2021
August 23, 2022Forests worldwide are feeling the fiery effects of climate change.
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