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India: How is climate change impacting menstrual health?

Women suffer increasing risks to their health in the wake of natural disasters, according to a UN report. Indian women tell the story of how Cyclone Amphan impacted their health.
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‘It’s ridiculously antiquated’: Could robot boats transform marine science?

No one has yet been able to sail an autonomous boat across the Atlantic, but a young couple in Wales hope their craft will revolutionise ocean monitoring of temperatures, wildlife and more.

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Senator Whitehouse puts climate change on budget committee’s agenda

For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.
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When it comes to climate change, Amtrak is stuck in a catch-22

Trains were supposed to be climate-friendly transportation. Now, extreme weather is making them less dependable.
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By 2100, farm numbers will halve and farm size will double

This world in which fewer large farms replace numerous smaller ones carries rewards and risks for humans and the food systems that us," a new study says.
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Pittsburgh-area utilities and transit agencies are launching hydrogen pilots

The hydrogen wave began to gather strong momentum around the turn of the decade and continues to build, with the carbon-free fuel widely promoted as a solution to hard-to-electrify sectors like steel manufacturing and long-haul transportation.

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With billions in climate cash flowing, companies that burn trash race to rebrand

Incinerators, plastics companies and big agriculture race to position themselves as climate-friendly as billions in federal subsidies flow.

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Eat less meat this Memorial Day weekend

As America gets ready to grill on Memorial Day, a reminder of meat’s role in climate change.
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Discovered in collections, many new species are already gone

Scientists are increasingly seeing evidence of “dark extinction” in museums and botanical garden collections.
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A logjam as big as Manhattan is battling climate change -- for now

A pileup of ancient logs nearly as big as Manhattan is trapping millions of tons of carbon in northern Canada – and the warming climate may lead to its releasing much of that stored material into the atmosphere.
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‘Unpredictability is our biggest problem’: Texas farmers experiment with ancient farming styles

A study is under way in the water-scarce region to see if commodity farmers can use the regenerative technique of cover cropping as a way to adapt to rapidly changing weather conditions.

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Iraq faces steep challenge to wean economy off oil dependency

Oil sales make up 90 percent of Iraq’s budget revenue as it recovers from years of devastating conflicts and political upheaval, leaving it overly reliant on the sector.
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Threatened red knots land along Delaware Bay

The annual red knot arrival is underway as federal regulators have unveiled a plan to protect nearly 700,000 acres in New Jersey, Delaware, and 11 other states.

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