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D-Day’s historic beaches face a new onslaught: rising seas
As climate change speeds coastal erosion in France, can memory be preserved if the famous landing sites of the Allied invasion disappear?
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John Leshy: Utah wants to disable the law that led to the creation of four of its magnificent National Parks
A lawsuit all but invited by the country’s chief justice threatens one the most consequential authorities granted to presidents by Congress.
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Sea level rise follows an East Coast island community that already moved once
An island community moved to the mainland. Now the fast-rising sea is following — a warning for the rest of the East Coast.
Finding traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland's Eastern Shore
A historian marks the 200th birthday of a fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad with a visit to her birthplace, only to learn how climate change is washing away memories of “the ultimate outdoors woman.”
Deadly historic ambush preserved in Alaskan permafrost
Frozen earth protected evidence of an attack some 400 years ago at Nunalleq, but warming temperatures threaten Alaskan sites still holding its buried history.
Biden plans to bar new drilling around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico
After years of tribal requests, the president plans to block new oil and gas leases within 10 miles of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. The move generated strong pushback from industry groups.
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In Charleston, S.C., saving historic homes means hoisting them in the air
A city known for extraordinary architecture is coming to terms with intensifying storms, a rising sea and streets that flood with distressing regularity.
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