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Sizing Up How Agriculture Connects to Deforestation
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Published August 11, 2021
Using satellite data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts on forests.
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An Upended Ecosystem in the Arabian Sea
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Published August 5, 2021
How can snow cover on the Himalayas influence the species that thrive in the ocean a thousand kilometers away?
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A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms
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Published July 29, 2021
For decades, scientists have been tracking extreme thunderstorms created by wildfires. However, the ferocity of the storms that have popped up in Canada in 2021 has surprised them.
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Smoke Across North America
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Published July 21, 2021
Skies turned hazy from Pittsburgh to Washington to Boston, as smoke from fires in Canada poured into the U.S. Northeast.
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Anticipating Future Sea Levels
Published July 8, 2021
While scientists have grown more confident about projections of sea level rise for the next few decades, many competing factors make it hard to see far into the coastal future.
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Blazes Rage in British Columbia
Published July 1, 2021
More than 40 wildfires were burning across the Canadian province by the end of June 2021, including a cluster of substantial blazes located about 200 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
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Exceptional Heat Hits Pacific Northwest
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Published June 28, 2021
In June 2021, all-time temperature records fell in multiple cities in the U.S. and Canada during a “historic and dangerous” heatwave.
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COVID-19 Lockdowns Cut Pollution, But Not All of It
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Published June 25, 2021
Dust storms and other weather phenomena offset some reductions in PM2.5 aerosol pollution.
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Records Fall in Early Summer Heatwave
Published June 16, 2021
Extreme heat has descended on the southwestern United States, with several states enduring temperatures near and above record highs for June.
The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
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Published June 15, 2021
In the past decade, unregulated artisanal mines accounted for more deforestation than industrial mines.
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Heatwave Scorches the Middle East
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Published June 11, 2021
A phenomenon known as a “heat dome” set the stage for remarkably high temperatures as meteorological summer got under way.
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