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National parks caught in the crossfire of the shutdown
As the 2025 government shutdown stretches into its first week, America’s national parks sit in uneasy limbo. The Department of…
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Rare double meteor shower peaks tonight under dark skies
The sky will put on a rare double feature this July, as two separate meteor showers reach their peak on…
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8 wild dandelion facts every curious kid should know
They pop up in parks, schoolyards, and sidewalk cracks. Some people call them weeds. But dandelions? They’re so much more…
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China’s clean air efforts may be speeding up global warming
In 2013, China launched an ambitious campaign to clean up its air. Cities like Beijing, once blanketed by thick industrial…
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Cascadia’s threat: The quake that could redraw the Pacific Northwest in minutes
Off the coasts of Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia lies a 600-mile geological fault that’s been ominously quiet…
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Study shows we can hear when a forest is alive
No formal training. No field guides. No binoculars. And yet, we still know the sound of life when we hear…
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No forest, no deal: Norway rewrites the rules on public spending
Norway just became the first country in the world to make its public spending deforestation-free. That means no government contracts…
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Wind and solar just got taxed. Here’s who benefits.
Late last week, while most of the country was heading into the weekend, Senate Republicans quietly slipped a new provision…
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Strange Beauty At 10,000 Feet: Kilimanjaro’s Towering Green Guardians
They don’t look like anything you’d expect to find on Earth, but you’ll see them as soon as you step…
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