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A tree infested with the tell-tale white, fluffy egg sacs of the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive species spreading through the Northeast U.S that can kill ecologically important hemlock trees. Credit: Nicholas A. Tonelli | CC BY 2.0

Spurred by climate change, invasive species threat looms over northeast U.S.

 Environment
• January 15, 2021

Global warming tips the scales in favor of invaders in the region

A color satellite image of Hurricane Delta swirling above the Gulf Coast

More than just a weather forecast

 Environment
• January 6, 2021

Meteorologists are starting to talk about climate change

Farm on the edge of northern Chesapeake Bay, with little vegetation buffer and riprap shoreline

For coastal farmers, climate change rubs salt in their wounds

 Environment
• December 23, 2020

Spurred by global warming and development, saltwater intrusion is a growing threat to coastal agriculture

Smoke rises from trees on mountain ridges

Prescribed fires may mean safer smoke

 Environment
• December 16, 2020

Emerging research suggests that smoke from prescribed burns is less harmful than from wildfires

A screenshot from a zoom call showing climate activists making posters for the upcoming climate strike.

Will social distancing sidetrack the climate movement?

 Environment
• April 16, 2020

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day was supposed to be one of the biggest US climate marches yet. Now, with the 2020 election at stake, organizers are scrambling to find ways to protest online

solar geoengineering image

How volcanic eruptions may hold the key to averting the climate crisis

 Environment
• February 5, 2020

A podcast exploring whether solar geo-engineering is a viable solution to the climate crisis

Artemisa Xabriabá (right), 17-year-old indigenous climate activist from Brazil. Artemisa became an activist at age 7, when she helped to reforest 37 acres in the lands of her native community who lives on the left bank of the São Francisco River, in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Credit: Maria Paula Rubiano

Unrecognized Latin American ‘Gretas’ struggle to bring climate strikes home

 Environment
• September 24, 2019

A region most vulnerable to climate change was barely visible during the Global Climate Strike.

A new pest threatens the olive harvest of Palestine

In Palestine, an iconic tree suffers, too

 Environment
• July 19, 2019

Climate change is decimating the economically crucial olive harvest — and farmers lack the resources to fight back.

An imam sits in a chair preparing to wash his hands before prayer, while another man stands nearby with a microphone, and a third man sits on the floor holding a cup of water.

Reading the Quran with ‘green glasses’

 Environment
• July 18, 2019

How one religious leader finds environmental roots in Islamic tradition

This is an image of different species of coral captured by Jimmy Chang

Freezing corals to safeguard their future

 Environment
• May 1, 2019

Researchers are racing to preserve coral larvae for future restoration projects — and cryopreservation could be one solution

A close-up photo of water splashing out of an outdoor water fountain.

Climate change could leave utilities in hot water

 Environment
• January 30, 2019

Warming temperatures are a breeding ground for vulnerabilities in water distribution systems. A new study tackles challenges with maintaining and engineering water systems for a hotter future.

Two people look at a cellphone on the side of a road as a large wildfire burns in the background.

Today’s children will inherit a climate-changed planet. Can they handle it?

 Environment
• January 14, 2019

Children are already experiencing “eco-anxiety” — and psychiatrists don’t really know how to help them cope

View of Earth from space, dust flowing from Africa west toward the Americas.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… dust?

 Environment
• December 12, 2018

Airborne dust is a climate force to be reckoned with — only scientists aren’t sure whether it’s helping cool down or warm up the planet.

The curious case of the disappearing maple

 Environment
• December 5, 2018

Climate change is a lead suspect

Two people on a boat watch a polar bear walk on snowy ground.

Does human recreation in the Arctic put polar bears at risk?

 Environment
• November 9, 2018

Arctic activities could hurt polar bears, but it won’t matter if sea ice keeps melting

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