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Scientists Look to Changing Tree Color to Predict Volca...

NASA scientists believe it may be possible to predict when a volcano will erupt ...

China’s Mega Dam Project Poses Big Risks for Asia’s Gra...

China’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about...

Chimps Found Treating Each Other's Wounds

Chimpanzees in Uganda were found treating the injuries of other, unrelated chimp...

Foreign Trawlers Plunder Senegalese Waters, Driving Sma...

A foreign fleet of industrial trawlers is exhausting fish stocks in Senegal, dri...

Foreign Fishers Plunder Senegalese Waters, Driving Loca...

A foreign fleet of industrial trawlers is exhausting fish stocks in Senegal, dri...

In Mexico’s ‘Avocado Belt,’ Villagers Stand Up to Prote...

A boom in avocado production in Mexico has led to illegal deforestation and an i...

How Natural Solutions Can Help Islands Survive Sea Leve...

Scientists have found that atoll islands with healthy forests and coral reefs ar...

Malaria Cases Rising Amid Worsening Floods

Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the fifth consec...

Expelling Indigenous Batwa from Their Lands Did Not Hel...

For decades, Congolese officials have barred the Batwa from their ancestral land...

Ten Remarkable Plants and Fungi Named by Science This Year

In 2024, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recorded 172 new species...

In a Major Reversal, the World Bank Is Backing Mega Dams

Despite continued opposition, the World Bank has approved the first of five big ...

Carnivorous Squirrels Discovered in California

Scientists have discovered that in addition to seeds and nuts, some California g...

Return of Trees to Eastern U.S. Is Fueling a Surge in W...

Trees and shrubs have proliferated in unmanaged forests in the eastern U.S. This...

Loss of Antarctic Sea Ice Is Giving Rise to More Freque...

The decline of sea ice around Antarctica is fueling more frequent storms in the ...

Scientists Engineer Crops to Consume More Carbon Dioxide

Scientists have engineered sugarcane and sorghum to take advantage of rising lev...

A Year of Climate Extremes, In Photos

From floods in Brazil to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, extreme weather exa...

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