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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest down t...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government s...
NASA considers keeping Boeing astronauts on the sp...
NASA is considering keeping the astronauts who flew Boeing's capsule to the space station there until February as a resu...
EPA issues emergency order to stop use of a pestic...
The EPA has issued an emergency order to stop the use of a pesticide that can harm fetuses — the agency's first such mov...
Red Cross faces emergency blood shortage caused in...
The American Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage after extreme heat impacted blood drives last month.
Avocado goldrush links U.S. companies with Mexico’...
Environmental damage caused by illegal practices and growing demand have prompted U.S. nonprofit the Organic Consumers A...
Cutting-edge technology helps researchers track hu...
Researchers are sending a dozen remotely-controlled Saildrones into the ocean off the coast of the United States to help...
With a fire burning just miles away, residents of ...
As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency manage...
NASA weighs Boeing vs. SpaceX choice in bringing b...
NASA management has been in deep discussion this week about whether to return the agency’s astronauts on board Boeing’s ...
Young climate advocates think Harris can do more f...
President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate groups see Kamala Ha...
56 days and counting: Two NASA astronauts are stil...
Eight weeks after they launched, two NASA astronauts are still waiting aboard the space station as engineers try to addr...
Triathletes swim in Seine as last-minute testing s...
After months of speculation about whether the River Seine would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, o...
Wildfire smoke is probably harming your brain
Parts of California, Oregon and Montana are facing unhealthy levels of air pollution as several large fires blaze, inclu...
Smoke from wildfires in Canada and the West Coast ...
Intense wildfires in western Canada have sent plumes of smoke across North America, and fires in Oregon, Idaho and Calif...
Research on bird flu in cows shows how efficiently...
Research into the bird flu outbreaks on dairy farms describes how efficiently the virus has spread between cows and from...
Monday was the world's hottest day ever recorded —...
Sunday’s record as the hottest day ever recorded on Earth lasted only until Monday, as the planet broke records back-to-...
Hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone sends up gey...
Visitors were left running for safety at Yellowstone National Park after a hydrothermal explosion sent rock and steam sp...
Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth
Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average ...
Northern lights may be visible this week over seve...
The northern lights may be visible Tuesday and Wednesday over several northern states, from New York to Idaho.