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Several years ago, snow in New Zealand's Southern Alps turned red, and while many blamed wildfires at the time, new research uncovers the true culprit.
The right to repair can reduce emissions and pollution. But for conservatives, it's "a freedom and liberty issue."
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Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.
A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms fall.
The truth might be simpler than what you likely learned in high school.
Shifting political and regulatory winds have led to fewer shareholder resolutions on environmental and social issues.
Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the catastrophe.
Wildlife crossings help decrease the millions of vehicle collisions with large animals that occur every year in the US
The dumping of effluent and fertilizer into Florida waters caused a massive bloom of phytoplankton, killing off much of the dolphins' food supply.
A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.
Snow storms in the northern Rockies are depositing metal contaminants from mines in the Pacific Northwest, according to new research.
Weather balloon operations will stop or be reduced at 11 locations across the country due to staffing shortages caused by recent NOAA layoffs.
Hurricane Helene, which slammed into Florida's Big Bend in late September, caused the deaths of nearly 250 people—a number only dwarfed by the infamous 2005 storm.
After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC's efforts to decarbonize its buildings.
Ancient sponges and corals were found on the exposed seafloor, in an area previously inaccessible to humans.
After mass layoffs at NOAA, meteorologist Andrew Hazelton finds himself in a bureaucratic no man’s land—fired, then reinstated, but still unable to work.
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