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When This Artist Sees a Blank Canvas, He Gets Out His Snowshoes
Simon Beck walks in winter wonderlands to create “Snow Art”—and send an environmental message.
Scott Pruitt, You’ve Been Warned
If Trump’s pick for EPA chief thinks that Americans are cool with a weak, polluter-friendly agency, he should Google the name “Anne Gorsuch Burford.”
“Rivers in the Sky” Rain Death Upon Wild Oysters
A new study suggests atmospheric currents like the Pineapple Express can cause serious devastation of wildlife.
2016 Became the Hottest Year on Record—One Day at a Time
Record-daily highs outpaced record-daily lows by nearly 6-to-1.
Like Much of the Arctic in 2016, These Ice Murals Melted Away
An Inuit woman’s portrait on vanishing sea ice is a powerful metaphor for climate change’s cultural toll.
The World’s Tallest Creature Is Heading for a Fall
Plunging giraffe numbers have led the IUCN to declare it vulnerable to extinction.