The World’s Largest—and Stinkiest—Flower Is in Danger of Extinction
This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Parasitic, elusive, and emitting an ...
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A Global Surge in Cholera Outbreaks May Be Fueled by Climate Change
The global cholera surge drove a vaccine shortage right when countries needed it most. Malawi in the past used ...
A Summer of Record Heat Deals Costly Damage to Texas Water Systems
This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The hottest summer on ...
What Ever Happened to the Tiny House Movement?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In 1997, Jay Shafer built his ...
Welcome to the Republic of Cows
We created cattle by manipulating their wild cousins, aurochs, in Europe, Asia, and the Sahara beginning over 10,000 years ...
Montana Youth Win a Historic Climate Case
“I know that climate change is a global issue, but Montana needs to take responsibility for our part,” 22-year-old ...
How a Firefly Course Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.At the third meeting of ...
The Rise and Fall of the Zero-Waste Trash Jar
A trash jar can amplify that personal focus, since keeping one requires such extreme attentiveness to one’s consumption patterns. Kellogg ...
The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water
As the West continues to dry up, water managers are increasingly pressed to accurately predict how much of the ...
New York Voted to Protect the Planet. California Did Not
But the move has baffled many progressives in the state, with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom joining the California Republican ...
