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Rogue Wave Mystery Solved
Each leviathan of the deep has a signature that can be used to forecast it -
You Can Help NASA Track Hurricane Damage
Cell phone photos can help in recovery efforts -
This Forest Survived a Megafire
Saving it involved destroying it twice -
Cities Obey the Laws of Living Things
All towns, big and small, are animals -
Extreme Heat Will Change You
High temperatures can alter our bodies at the molecular level -
When Our World Was a Wasteland
During the Permian, Earth was without climate guardrails -
It’s a Plastic World, After All
This ride through plastic waste emerges with hope -
With Regard to the Invisible
The climates that run through us -
We’re All Connected
Welcome to the Climates Issue -
Stalagmites Offer Clues to Maya Mystery
Chemical fingerprints point to reason for collapse
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They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came.
The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts
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Is Solving the Plastic Problem a Moral Issue?
The Dalai Lama, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Vatican weigh in
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Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?
Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses
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Orchids Thrive Among the Dead
Cemeteries are a gravely overlooked habitat for wild orchids in Europe
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From Whence Lightning
Researchers may have elucidated the long-mysterious chain of events that gives us bolts from the heavens -
What Poseidon Is Telling Us
Weather is what humans experience over our short lives. Climate is a matter for the gods. -
Stabbing Starfish to Save the Reefs
Coral decimating crown-of-thorns starfish are increasingly descending on reefs in the Pacific—so divers are fighting back -
This Cloud Forest Should Not Exist
The story of an Ecuadorean forest that fought annihilation and won -
How Heat Hurts Teamwork
Even small increases in heat can make teamwork harder—especially when groups are mixed.