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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Latest NewsCaliforniaBrian Palmer
A new study shows how climate change is making the California drought worse.

Up (and Down) a Creek

Latest NewsColoradoClara Chaisson
Here’s what you need to know about the EPA spilling three million gallons of wastewater into a Colorado river.

Want to Collect Some Whale Snot?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Here’s your chance to contribute to an exciting—albeit slightly gross—new form of whale research.

Bringing the Noise

Latest NewsArcticAlisa Opar
How will Shell’s Arctic drilling affect marine mammals in the Chukchi Sea?

Innovation Has Not Run Dry!

Latest NewsCaliforniaAlisa Opar
As summer heat compounds four years of drought, Californians are coping with water shortages in some wacky and smart (and desperate) ways.

Moveable Feast

Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar
When dead whales sink to the ocean floor, they give life to an array of bizarre creatures—including gutless, bone-devouring worms.

Franken-Coral?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
A new study suggests that creative interbreeding could save coral from extinction.

Scrubbed but Not Clean

Latest NewsUnited StatesRachel Cernansky
By air or water, pollution from power plants is a problem no matter which exit it takes.

Vanishing Vaquitas

Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson
A report finds that the world’s smallest cetacean has reached a dangerous new low.