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Salmon’s Arctic expansion has communities worried

Inuvialuit fishers are adapting to rising numbers of Pacific salmon in the western Canadian Arctic, but fears remain about impacts on native species.
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Climate crisis: what lessons can we learn from the last great cooling-off period?

The ‘little ice age’ of the 14th to the 19th centuries brought cold winters to Europe and unusual weather globally. Studying how humans adapted could be valuable.

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Capsule of 1765 air reveals ancient histories hidden under Antarctic ice

An ampoule of Antarctic air from the year 1765 forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition that reveals the hidden histories contained in polar ice to visitors attending the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow.

On being a Black feminist environmental ethnographer in Gulf Coast Louisiana
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On being a Black feminist environmental ethnographer in Gulf Coast Louisiana

For a Black feminist environmental ethnographer in the field, being "Black girl reliable" means supporting frontline communities.
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Small-scale women seaweed farmers ride the rough tides of climate change
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Small-scale women seaweed farmers ride the rough tides of climate change

The decline in fish catches in Palawan has spurred an interesting shift in society as the community's women, previously reliant on their husbands' income, play a greater role as breadwinners.

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Misreading the story of climate change and the Maya
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Misreading the story of climate change and the Maya

Many people think climate change caused Classic Maya civilization to collapse abruptly around 900 A.D.

Humans could have taken a coastal route into the Americas
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Humans could have taken a coastal route into the Americas

Alaskan glaciers retreated in time for ancient coastal entries of the first Americans.
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