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China's national government policies on energy and economic development are changing pastoral life on the Tibetan Plateau.

The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.

Both legally and practically speaking, getting to the water's edge isn't as straightforward as it might seem - or as many people might like.

Florida's current approach to insurance is forcing those who can least afford it to bear the cost of the climate crisis. But different approaches are available.

The risk to firefighters isn't just from breathing wildfire smoke - it's also in the chemicals that get on their clothes and filter through to their skin.

Even as they create and enable expansive virtual worlds, data centers are physical buildings in real communities around the nation and the globe.

Generating solar power requires a lot of land - but which land should it be? And what else can be done on that land?

The US had been reducing surface-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the main component of smog, but that changed as wildfire activity picked up around 2015.

The number of ozone-related premature deaths due to wildfires is also rising.

Approximately 400,000 bison roam the North American landscape today, of which nearly 90% are considered livestock.