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Rats Are Finally Gone from This Vulnerable Island

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We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave

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New EPA Rules Would Slash Power Plant Emissions

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Hawaii Has Permafrost, and Scientists Are Racing to Study It before It’s Gone

Permafrost can—incongruously—be found in Hawaii, but surveys show it has been shrinking over time, in part because of climate change

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Rats Are Finally Gone from This Vulnerable Island

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We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave

Andrea Thompson

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New EPA Rules Would Slash Power Plant Emissions

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Watch Out: Tornado Alley Is Migrating Eastward

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Some Crabs Are Losing Their Sense of Smell as Oceans Acidify

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These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction

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We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave

A potentially record-setting heat wave is headed for the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, a sign of the shift to hotter—and earlier—summers

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Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better

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Watch Out: Tornado Alley Is Migrating Eastward

Tornado outbreaks are moving from Texas and Oklahoma toward Tennessee and Kentucky, where people may not be prepared

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Heat Waves Fueled by Climate Change Topple Records around the Globe

High temperature records have been set from Portugal to Thailand as heat waves fueled by climate change have arrived early this spring

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Rats Are Finally Gone from This Vulnerable Island

Efforts to eradicate invasive rats that have decimated native species on islands around the world are beginning to bear fruit

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Here’s How to Use Window Films to Actually Protect Birds

Bird-strike-deterrent window films don’t work if they’re placed on the indoor side

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These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction

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These Mini Ecosystems Existed Underfoot of Dinosaurs, but Our Parking Lots Might Pave Them to Extinction

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