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Extreme Yosemite rain eases drought but disrupts wildlife habitats
After a winter of epic storms in California, Yosemite National Park's famous waterfalls are in full flow, its reservoirs are brimming, and the snowpack in the surrounding Sierra Nevada Mountains is well above average.
Scientists grow sea stars in lab to understand mass die-off along Pacific Coast
A few hours from Seattle at a location that can only be reached by boat, marine scientists at University of Washington's Friday Harbor lab are breeding and studying endangered sunflower sea stars following a massive die-off over the past decade.
EU agrees law preventing import of goods linked to deforestation
The European Union agreed on Tuesday on a new law to prevent companies from selling into the EU market coffee, beef, soy and other commodities linked to deforestation around the world.
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COP27 deal delivers landmark on 'loss and damage', but little else
Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the climate summit that sets up a fund to help poor countries battered by climate disasters, but does not boost efforts to tackle the emissions causing them or say who should pay.
To save salmon, U.S. approves largest dam removal in history
A U.S. agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval on Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border, the largest dam removal undertaking in U.S. history.
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COP27 negotiators still far apart on strong climate deal
Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline.
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COP27: Children from Global South make their presence felt at climate summit
Eleven-year-old Indian climate activist Licypriya Kangujam's dogged questioning of Britain's climate minister Zac Goldsmith about the fate of climate activists detained in his country was one of the most striking moments in the COP27 global warming talks so far.
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