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To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First
These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
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A Reporter Gets a Buzz From Thousands of Bees
The plight of American honeybees drew a journalist away from his usual beat covering energy.
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Trump Opens Marine National Monument to Commercial Fisheries
The president said the move was aimed at making the United States the world’s “dominant seafood leader.”
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Here’s What to Know About Rare Earth Minerals and Renewable Energy
The shift to cleaner power needs resources from China. An export ban just cut off some supplies.
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Release of E.P.A. Climate Grants Is Paused by New Court Ruling
After a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of up to $650 million in frozen grants, an appeals court temporarily halted the payouts.
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New Pushback to Trump’s Deportations, and Climate Research Under Threat
Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina.
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N.I.H. Cuts Likely to Curtail Study of Climate Change’s Health Effects
The N.I.H. has indicated that it will stop funding research on the topic. Scientists said that would make it harder to protect people.
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Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
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Climate Change Is Stressing the World’s Blood Supplies
Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.
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Weather Service Prepares for ‘Degraded Operations’ Amid Trump Cuts
An internal document describes how severe shortages of meteorologists and other staff members could affect forecasts and other operations.
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2 Judges Order Federal Agencies to Unfreeze Climate Money
The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.
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How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.
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Sandstorm Turns Iraq’s Skies Orange and Sends Thousands to Hospitals
Climate experts say such storms are becoming more frequent and severe in the country. This was its worst of the year so far.
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Intense Sandstorm in Iraq Grounds Flights and Fills Emergency Rooms
A severe sandstorm swept central and southern Iraq, reducing visibility, halting flights and causing respiratory problems for thousands, according to officials. Experts say such storms are worsening as drought and desertification increase, driven by climate change.
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¿Cuánto durará intacto el ‘fin del mundo’?
Las multitudes de turistas con destino a la Antártida han traído prosperidad a Ushuaia, la ciudad más meridional de Argentina, pero el auge también está poniendo presión sobre la población local y afectando al medio ambiente
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Book Review: ‘What’s Left,’ by Malcolm Harris
“What’s Left,” by Malcolm Harris, arrives at a particularly difficult time to consider anything beyond our immediate turmoil.
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A Danish Museum Examines Our Fascination With the Ocean
“Ocean,” now on view on the coast of Denmark, fuses past with present, and art with science to raise urgent questions about our relationship with the sea.
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In Argentina, a Boom in Antarctic Cruises Is Straining the ‘End of the World’
Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also squeezing locals and stressing the environment.
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To Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument
In letters to multiple agencies, the focus is on how job reductions at E.P.A., Interior and other agencies would hurt President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.
Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that President Trump will struggle to do away with.
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