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Impact of warmer seas on fish stocks leads to rise in pirate attacks

Dwindling fish stocks caused by the climate crisis are leading to an increase in pirate attacks, according to a new study looking at two piracy hotspots over the past two decades.

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Impact of warmer seas on fish stocks leads to rise in pirate attacks

Study of piracy hotspots in east Africa and South China Sea found that piracy increases when fish populations decline and vice versa.

Living on Earth: Beyond the headlines
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Living on Earth: Beyond the headlines

A geopolitical feud in the South China Sea offers some environmental buzzkill.

Peter Dykstra and Host Paloma Beltran discuss environmental fallout from the geopolitical standoff in the South China Sea. They also talk about how floods are washing away Black history in a Maryland cemetery, and in the history calendar, it's 60 years since President Kennedy designated Cape Cod National Seashore.

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Trump administration accelerates logging in Black Hills, raising alarms over tribal rights and forest health

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Global crackdown on environmental defenders leaves thousands attacked or missing

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New tech campuses are draining water from Latin America’s driest places

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Congress proposes major reforms to FEMA in bid to counter Trump cuts

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How fragile power grids and extreme weather combined to cause Europe’s biggest blackout in decades

Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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EPA moves to erase power plant emissions rules, claiming climate impact is too small

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Wildfire smoke threatens pregnant patients in underserved areas, study shows