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Ravaged by hurricanes, a historic Black community fights for survival

Ironton, a small incorporated community in Louisiana, was devastated by Hurricane Ida. But the destruction was not inevitable. Founded by freed people who were previously enslaved, Ironton residents had to fight for running water, sewage – and levees.

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Opinion: Transforming the economics and governance of water

Opinion: Transforming the economics and governance of water

Mariana Mazzucato, et al call for new thinking about an issue that lies behind all of the world’s biggest collective challenges.
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What is a wetland worth?

As the Supreme Court considers the fate of American wetlands, Annie Proulx’s Fen, Bog, and Swamp offers an elegiac love letter to overlooked ecosystems.
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successful coral breeding

A moonshot for coral breeding was successful

But the coral are trapped in tanks, still waiting to be released on the reefs.
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apple farming diversity biodiversity climate

How about them apples? Research orchards chart a fruit’s future

Scientists there are working on understanding the genetics that result in this bonanza of apple diversity, with the ultimate goal of improving the fruit in different ways — tastier, heartier, more disease-resistant and with longer shelf-life in the face of changing climates.

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Oceanix floating homes climate flooding

Amphibious houses, Oceanix's floating city adapt to sea-level rise

To combat the worst impacts of sea-level rise, a new industry of floating infrastructure is emerging.
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Pakistan floods & climate reparations

Mohammed Hanif: Pakistan’s biblical floods and the case for climate reparations

Isn’t it time for rich nations to pay the communities that they have helped to drown?
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How New Mexico’s largest wildfire set off a drinking water crisis

How New Mexico’s largest wildfire set off a drinking water crisis

In a community ravaged by fire, floods and contaminated drinking water, residents wonder, ‘What’s next?’ And who will pick up the bill?
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Hurricane Ian makes landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm, threatening path of destruction as it churns toward Florida

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm, threatening path of destruction as it churns toward Florida

Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday morning while on its trek toward Florida, where residents in some coastal areas are already evacuating.

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Why Tampa Bay faces high storm surge flood risk as Hurricane Ian nears

Why Tampa Bay faces high storm surge flood risk as Hurricane Ian nears

The precise size, strength and path of Ian remains uncertain. But the Tampa Bay region that lies in its crosshairs is one of the most vulnerable places in the United States to severe flooding.
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Hemp isn't the drought-resistant lifeline Texas farmers hoped for

Hemp isn't the drought-resistant lifeline Texas farmers hoped for

The 2022 drought season showed claims of drought-resistant hemp were exaggerated. Farmers are now ditching the crop.
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Nitish Pahwa: Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Fiona blackout is the latest entirely avoidable climate tragedy

Nitish Pahwa: Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Fiona blackout is the latest entirely avoidable climate tragedy

Locals knew what to do about the infrastructure problems that extreme weather revealed. Their hands were tied.
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The rebirth of Hiware Bazar

The rebirth of Hiware Bazar

How a drought-stricken community in rural India became a “village of millionaires”.

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A $52 billion proposal aims to protect New York Harbor from storm surges

A $52 billion proposal aims to protect New York Harbor from storm surges

The proposal for 12 movable sea barriers across waterways like Jamaica Bay replaces a disputed plan for a single, larger outer-harbor wall.
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Texas drought water conservation

Nonprofits pay Texas farmers to not water crops during drought

As Texas continues to battle drought, groups are trying a market-based solution to help farmers and protect what little water is left.
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Indigenous nations declaring protected areas

The Mamalilikulla’s long journey home

A coastal B.C. First Nation dispossessed from its land for decades by colonialism is part of a groundswell of Indigenous nations declaring protected areas based on their own sovereignty — and they’re not waiting around for colonial governments
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urban heat islands climate planning health

How cities are preparing for the ‘silent killer’ of extreme heat

New solutions are being tested to combat health risks from heat waves, particularly in urban “heat islands.”
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military wildfires climate

As wildfires grow, militaries are torn between combat, climate change

Europe's militaries are caught between defending against Russia and fighting global warming-driven wildfires. Leaders say the problem will only worsen.
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