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Racing to Contain Invasive Green Crabs in Puget Sound
Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound.
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Racing to Contain Invasive Green Crabs in Puget Sound
Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound.
A.I. Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That?
The technology is far from the only existential risk our species faces. But weighing such cosmic fears can become a mind-bending exercise.
Choking Global Trade
Low rainfall and shrinking rivers are causing shipping bottlenecks, and higher prices, around the world.
The Rhine River near Düsseldorf, Germany, last month.
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Choking Global Trade
Low rainfall and shrinking rivers are causing shipping bottlenecks, and higher prices, around the world.
The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs
Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.
Coal barges in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, last month.
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The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs
Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.
August Ties for Hottest Month on Record
Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.
A vendor cooled off with a frozen water bottle in a market in Seoul on Aug. 6.
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August Ties for Hottest Month on Record
Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.
