ENVIRONMENT

Why can’t we simply plant more trees to clean carbon dioxide from the air?

ENVIRONMENT
If we're to have any shot at meeting the climate targets set out in the Paris Agreement, scientists estimate that countries would need to...

‘In the mouth of dragons’: Melting glaciers threaten Pakistan’s north

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As dawn broke over Javed Rahi's Pakistani mountain village, a loud boom shattered the silence and a torrent of water came cascading down from...

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

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Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, the INPE national space agency said Friday. The world's largest...

With changing climate, global lake evaporation loss larger than previously thought

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A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up the steep shoreline of Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir just...

How the world’s rivers are changing

ENVIRONMENT
The way rivers function is significantly affected by how much sediment they transport and where it gets deposited. River sediment—mostly sand, silt, and clay—plays...

What is causing record floods and heatwaves in China?

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Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other parts of the...

World’s dirtiest oil and gas fields are in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas

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Oil and natural gas fields in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas are the most climate-damaging on Earth, according to a first-of-its kind analysis that looks...

Yellowstone flooding underscores environmental pressures facing US national parks

ENVIRONMENT
America's national parks are in crisis, and the environmental disaster unfolding at Yellowstone National Park is the latest example of extreme weather driven by...

Water receding slowly in flood-hit northeast Bangladesh

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Water levels were slowly receding Thursday in major rivers in Bangladesh's flood-hit northeast, bringing hopes of relief to millions of Bangladeshis, but woes continued...

Great Lakes levels are likely to see continued rise in next three decades

ENVIRONMENT
The Great Lakes in the Midwest U.S. comprise the largest unfrozen freshwater stores on Earth. But too much of a good thing can create...

Europe’s hottest summers

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Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France spotlight the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe. In just over two decades, the continent has experienced its five...

The Amazon rainforest is disappearing quickly and threatening Indigenous people who live there

ENVIRONMENT
Forests throughout the world are shrinking year after year—and Brazil is the epicenter. According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than a quarter of...
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