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Climate Change
Some trees can make droughts worse
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Environment
How Austin, Texas, turns its sewage into soil
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Climate Change
The ‘life support system of the biosphere’ is in peril
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Climate Change
New York is passing its own Green New Deal
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Climate Change
Saving Greenland could save the world
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Climate Change
Antarctica’s mysterious ice holes are finally making sense
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Climate Change
Steak made from insect meat? Yum!
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Climate Change
Ghost forests are sprouting up along the Atlantic Coast
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Climate Change
Organ meats should be part of a planet-friendly diet
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Environment
The elements we might mine on the moon
![A warming climate spelled doom for giant ice-age beavers](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/31/2GI3V73DJ35AE2UOZKJ6PMZYSI.jpg?w=913)
Climate Change
A warming climate spelled doom for giant ice-age beavers
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Climate Change
Wildfire smoke is particularly bad for you—here’s why
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Climate Change
Eco-friendly packaging could be poisoning our compost
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Environment
Humans fueled last summer’s deadly heat
![Connecting the dots on hurricanes and mental health issues](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/23/BCVWWAKJTUBIZJ6CYKEK7HRQKE.jpg?w=678)
Climate Change
Connecting the dots on hurricanes and mental health issues
![The hidden fish keeping coral reefs alive](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/22/A5OINCE2QRGW5CWPHNJJ2XYQRI.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
The hidden fish keeping coral reefs alive
![We need a greener way to die](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/09/FATMRH57S26TYHGRQGU6VVBYKE.jpg?w=600)
Environment
We need a greener way to die
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Climate Change