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Iowa's new drought plan seeks to increase monitoring and proactive mitigation

The plan calls for a more than $1 million project to monitor groundwater and to better prepare for dry spells, especially in northwest Iowa.
Politics

Why we should eat more microbial protein

The meat alternative slashes emissions and deforestation risk, but it still requires a hefty amount of energy to produce.
Resilience

Beekeepers using tracking devices to protect precious hives

For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state's most valuable crop.

Politics

The Colorado River is in crisis. The Walton family is pushing a solution.

The first-ever official shortage on the Colorado River has intensified a debate over how to provide water for 40 million people across the Southwest and irrigate fields of thirsty crops. No voice is more influential than that of the Walton family, billionaire heirs to the Walmart fortune.
Resilience

How healthy is a farm's soil? Check how active its microbes are

Researchers developed a probe that could help farmers better understand their land by measuring the electric current from the tiny creatures in the dirt.
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Epic drought means water crisis on Oregon-California border

Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need.

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Kenya maps first 'Climate Atlas' to battle future food losses

Kenya maps first 'Climate Atlas' to battle future food losses

Climate change is taking a toll across east Africa and increasingly erratic weather is becoming commonplace in countries such as Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and Ethiopia.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

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Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
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Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

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Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs