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New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming.
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New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming.
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Tensions Are Rising Among States That Rely on the Colorado River

A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.

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The Upper Colorado River on the Grand Canyon last month. About 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of cropland depend on the Colorado for drinking water and irrigation.
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Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure.

As the midterm elections approach, many leading Democrats are rethinking their approach to climate change.

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A talk on rising energy costs on Capitol Hill hosted by Democrats, from left, Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, in March.
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How One Company Plans to Mine the Bottom of the Sea

A look at the quest to mine the bottom of the ocean for valuable minerals, the connection between light pollution and allergies and more climate news.

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Urban Light Pollution Might Be Worsening Allergies

Light pollution prompts plants to shed pollen longer and stronger, according to new research.

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A study found that trees in cities with brighter lights start producing pollen earlier in the spring and finish later in the fall, adding up to 130 days per year to the allergy season.
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E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a β€œnecessity.”

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The European plan to invest roughly $107 million comes as the U.S. has said it would dismantle a sprawling network of sensors.
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Unusual Greenpeace Lawsuit May Proceed, Dutch Court Says

Greenpeace International is arguing under Dutch law that an American pipeline company, Energy Transfer, sought to silence it with a costly lawsuit in North Dakota.

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Demonstrators against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota in 2016. The lawsuits are centered on Greenpeace’s involvement in the protests.
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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.

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Recovering a surface buoy β€” part of a network of moorings, buoys and gliders making observations of the ocean β€” from the Irminger Sea off Greenland’s coast, in 2021.
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