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The forever glaciers of America's West aren't forever anymore

Climate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study warned.
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How Americans in the West perceive climate change, extreme weather

More than 20% of Americans either strongly or somewhat agree that it will become harder to remain in their current area due to the changes being wrought by global warming.
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Electric vehicles are a status symbol now

The experience of owning, charging, and driving an electric vehicle makes the rising inequality of America more visible in new and subtle ways.
The West is losing 1.3 million acres of sagebrush steppe each year

The West is losing 1.3 million acres of sagebrush steppe each year

A new report aims to advance transforming rangeland conservation across 13 states and 115 million acres.
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Scientists propose rewilding the American West by reintroducing grey wolves and beavers

In the face of the growing threats posed to ecosystems by climate change, scientists in the US have put forward an "ultra ambitious" proposal to rewild parts of the American West by reintroducing wolves and beavers.

Five things to know about drought in the American West

Five things to know about drought in the American West

A new climate is re-writing the story of America’s drylands.
Drought’s spillover effect in the American West

Drought’s spillover effect in the American West

In a region latticed with pipelines and canals, the consequences of dry conditions in one basin are exported to neighboring watersheds.
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