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It was hotter in the Willamette Valley this summer than in Abu Dhabi
The American West's sagebrush sea is rapidly vanishing
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Researchers find the molecules in burning trees that cause — and suppress — health problems
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.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840 "The Springville Hotshots brought fire down a dozer line and tied into Road 81 just north of the Mammoth Pools Trailer Park in the evening of September 10, 2020 as efforts continue to contain the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest.")
The Springville Hotshots brought fire down a dozer line and tied into Road 81 just north of the Mammoth Pools Trailer Park in the evening of September 10, 2020 as efforts continue to contain the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest.
Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA via Wikimedia Commons
2021's wildfire season could be even more devastating to the western US than last year's record-breaker
Fuel moisture data collected by researchers at San Jose State University indicate this year is already very dry
California's wildfires are poisoning drinking water supplies
Pipes absorb a litany of chemicals from fires and firefighting, which leach into the water
Wildfires are burning with an intensity that microbial communities haven’t evolved to endure
As desertification threatens, synthetic biologists are pondering new ways of helping soil heal
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Gretchen C. Daily won the "Nobel Prize for the Environment" for her work on natural capital
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Wildfires are both environmental catastrophes and public health problems
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The Blob, and other effects of climate change that we aren’t talking about
There’s more going on than just melting glaciers and sea-level rise
Climate is getting more extreme in every possible way
From precipitation to the carbon cycle to natural disasters, the outliers are now the norm.
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Andy Revkin and Lisa Mechaley's book tells the history of weather, from the creation of the atmosphere to today
Tree-murdering fungi and insects increasingly contribute to climate change
New research suggests carbon dioxide released from dying forests equals emissions from 11 million cars
Tropical rainforests may be near a tipping point beyond our control
Deforestation may work like diseases: uncontained, it can win
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Blue oaks have up to 500 years of climate history written in their rings
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Prescribed burns lessen the damage, but the risk repels lawmakers