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News Articles: Environment

People walk through flooded streets in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people

Crews in Spain searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as people tried to salvage what they could from homes following monstrous flash floods.

October 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Many of the loblolly and slash pines felled or nearly felled by Hurricane Helene at Broxton Rocks in Coffee County were part of a nursery for longleaf pine seedlings being nurtured by the Georgia chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

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  • Environment

A South Georgia ecological oasis, slammed by Hurricane Helene, faces an uncertain future

The Southern landscape now experiencing the effects of climate change has already seen centuries of loss of wild places due to human industry. Now, climate-change-strengthened storms threaten the pockets of older Southern ecologies that remain.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Fisherman Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to put his nets in the water of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan on Aug. 7. <a href="https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-30988/aral-sea"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Asia

Central Asia’s Ticking Time Bomb: Water

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Valerie Kipnis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 2 more

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  • Environment

State yanks permit for South Georgia biomass plant

Georgia environmental regulators have revoked a permit for a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Telfair County following a legal challenge opposing the project.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Homes lie in a debris field in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Pensacola, N.C.

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  • National

North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B

The estimate includes damages and potential investments to prevent similar destruction in future storms.

October 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Climate

What it’s like to care for some of the most endangered animals on Earth

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care now, safeguarded 24 hours a day.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Ryan Kellman
More than a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades because of human actions. This week, world leaders are meeting in Colombia to discuss how to preserve biodiversity and prevent habitat loss.

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  • Science

To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit

The United Nations effort to achieve “harmony” with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Conservation groups filed suit Tuesday, Nov. 15, against a U.S. government agency challenging its decision to allow a mining project to move forward without federal permits near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge.

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  • News

Proposed expansion of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge could lead to buyout of mining project

A federal agency is proposing an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge. That could lead to a buyout offer for property that would otherwise be used for mining project conservationists have fought for years.

October 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The waters off Central California are now part of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, the result of a decades-long campaign by local Indigenous leaders.

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  • Climate

The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe

Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the Indigenous groups that fought to create it.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Starship is the largest rocket ever built. Elon Musk hopes it will one day fly humans and other species to Mars, but environmentalists say it's doing damage to the local habitat around the Texas launch site.

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  • Space

SpaceX wants to go to Mars. To get there, environmentalists say it’s trashing Texas

With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Firefighters stand on a bridge over the Cuyahoga River to spray water on the tug Arizona as a fire, started in an oil slick on the river, engulfs docks in Cleveland on Nov. 1, 1952.

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  • News

The Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it's making a comeback

The plight of the river, which empties into Lake Erie at Cleveland, helped inspire the Clean Water Act. Now it attracts kayakers and anglers and could soon be removed from an EPA watchlist.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Flood waters inundated the main street in Tarpon Springs, Florida after Hurricane Helene passed offshore. A new study finds that Helene was more powerful, rainier, and significantly more likely because of climate change.

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  • Climate

Climate change made Helene more dangerous. It also makes similar storms more likely

Researchers found that Hurricane Helene was stronger, rainier, and significantly more likely because of climate change. The U.S. can expect more such storms in the future as warming continues.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda and
  • Rachel Waldholz
People walk in and out of a boarded-up 7-Eleven on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla., as the state prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall late Wednesday.

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  • Climate

Hurricane preparedness: Expert guidance on flooding, power outages and more

The Atlantic hurricane season isn't over yet. Get ahead of the next storm with these emergency preparedness tips to protect you, your family and your home.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Life Kit
In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park in Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023.

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  • Animals

In a rematch, mama bear Grazer defeats rival that killed her cub to win Fat Bear Week

The annual Fat Bear Week honors bears that have sufficiently bulked up in the months before entering hibernation.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
President Biden speaks at an event at the Milwaukee Department of Public Works in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, to discuss his administration's progress in replacing lead pipes in Wisconsin and across the country.

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  • National

Biden sets 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes nationwide

President Biden on Tuesday set a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans.

October 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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