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Amsterdam’s development boom runs up against rising seas

Amsterdam’s development boom runs up against rising seas

Climate change poses new challenges to a city that’s already below sea level.
Vermont dairy farm is defending a pollution lawsuit
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A dairy farm is defending a pollution lawsuit. Some say Vermont's regs are on trial

Dennis and Vicki Hopper spend Vermont's more temperate months at their lakefront home in Panton, which they purchased for $3.2 million in 2014. Their primary...
Farm management or climate change?
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Farm management or climate change? Vorsteveld trial wraps up in Addison County.

The court will decide whether the farmers should be held responsible for water running through neighbors’ fields and make changes to prevent it.
The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding
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The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding

Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns.
Caitlin Hachmyer: Farming through the climate emergency
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Caitlin Hachmyer: Farming through the climate emergency

'For those of us who tend the land, grow food, and steward ecosystems, climate change is playing out every day, every season, and in every extreme weather event.'
Inside the fight against new locust swarms in East Africa
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Inside the fight against new locust swarms in East Africa

With a second wave of desert locusts about to reach adulthood, time is running out to prevent the worst outbreak in a generation.
Costa Rica caterpillar decline spells trouble for ecosystems
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Costa Rica caterpillar decline spells trouble for ecosystems

Researchers examined data from 1997 to 2018 to identify long-term patterns of extreme weather events and the impact these have on insect diversity.

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