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Opinion: Trump’s five-year plan for offshore oil could be disastrous. Just ask Louisiana
The same industry that will benefit from Trump’s plan already turned the Louisiana coast into a dumping ground, leaving infrastructure behind to decay.
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Congress moves to preserve NOAA funding for fisheries and climate research
The 2026 funding bill rejects the Trump administration’s request to cut about $1.5 billion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget.
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Study tracks fishing boats to see how heat waves affect fish distribution
Marine heat waves have become longer and more frequent along the U.S. West Coast, as elsewhere in the world. But heating doesn’t always lead fish to change their location. A new study suggests a better way to tell if such ecological shifts are happening: Use fishing vessel tracking data.
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Tree bark microbes play a role in eliminating greenhouse gases, study finds
Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees offer scientists a crucial clue in the fight against global warming.
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Photo essay: Climate change and deforestation collide in Indonesia’s deadly floods
Millions of people on Sumatra remain displaced by November’s cyclone, showing the dangers of the climate crisis and indiscriminate logging and habitat destruction.
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Himalayan winters are seeing less snowfall as more ice melts
Much of the Himalayan region is seeing far less winter snow than normal, leaving mountains bare and accelerating glacier melt, according to scientists.
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Sinking trees in Arctic Ocean could remove 1 billion tons of CO2
Sinking felled boreal trees in the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tons of CO₂ yearly, but risks harming Arctic ecosystems.
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