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Climate Change
One of the world’s driest places just saw record flooding
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Animals
Best dog crates
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Environment
Future LEDs could be made with fish scales
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Climate Change
How to protect your children during heat waves
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Climate Change
How can electrified buildings handle energy peaks?
![Power lines against sunset.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/01/pexels-pok-rie-3829454-scaled.jpg?w=674)
Climate Change
In Texas, a strained grid braces for more crypto mining
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![Alaska chum salmon](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/25/alaskan-chum-salmon.jpg?w=600)
Animals
Alaska’s salmon are in chaos
![Flooded street](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19/flooded-street.jpg?w=600)
Climate Change
Why so many climate adaptation schemes fail
![Yellow sun and clouds](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19/pexels-pixabay-301599-scaled.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
A historic heatwave is rippling through Europe
![A satellite image of the western coast of Africa. A grey haze extends out over the Atlantic Ocean from the desert.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/14/duststorm_virs_2022156_lrg-scaled.jpeg?w=675)
Climate Change
Why NASA is sending a dust-scanning spectrometer to the ISS
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Climate Change
Why floods in mountainous regions are getting worse
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Conservation