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How much can trees fight climate change? Massively, but not alone

The research, which comes with important caveats, was partly an effort to address the scientific uproar surrounding an earlier paper.
Resilience
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How Africa's first heat officer is protecting women in Sierra Leone

Africa's first heat officer is helping women keep cool in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown.
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Kenya declares surprise public holiday to plant trees

The Kenyan government has announced a surprise public holiday for a nationwide tree-planting day, as part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032.

Politics
Forests are worth more than their carbon
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Forests are worth more than their carbon, a new paper argues

Experts say carbon sequestration projects that don’t prioritize biodiversity may be doing more harm than good, including to the climate.

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Forests are worth more than their carbon, a new paper argues

Experts say carbon sequestration projects that don’t prioritize biodiversity may be doing more harm than good, including to the climate.

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Tree-planting schemes threaten tropical biodiversity, say ecologists

Monoculture tree-planting schemes are threatening tropical biodiversity while only offering modest climate benefit, ecologists have said, warning that ecosystems like the Amazon and Congo basin are being reduced to their carbon value.

Resilience
community maps can protect children from extreme heat
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How community maps can protect children from extreme heat

Heatwaves claim tens of thousands of lives each year. Now a US mapping project is revealing those most at risk so they can get the help they need.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
The Magdalena River in Colombia with a small tour boat on its banks and a sunset and trees in background.

Colombia’s largest oil company accused of hiding environmental damage

Illuminated bridge at dusk in Alexandria Egypt

Alexandria's fishing families stay put as seas rise around them

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Ecuador must expand protections for isolated Indigenous groups after court ruling

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Volunteers scramble to rescue federal environmental data as Trump administration pulls it offline

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Melting glaciers put global food and water systems at risk