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Has the Endangered Species Act saved species from extinction?
After 50 years, this landmark law has kept many species alive — but few wild populations have recovered enough to come off the “endangered” list.
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After 50 years, this landmark law has kept many species alive — but few wild populations have recovered enough to come off the “endangered” list.
This cellulose and lignin, two major building blocks of trees, could lead to greener electronics.
Some can aid the climate by removing pollutants. Others would just avoid dirtying the environment in the first place.
Earth’s ongoing fever threatens to push entire forests toward this heat limit — and possible death.
Carolina Levis researches how local communities influence the Amazon. She’s interested in how Indigenous knowledge can help protect the rainforest.
This dangerous trend appears relatively new — and growing. Studies also have begun linking it to our warming world.
The innovative process concentrates microplastics within a flowing liquid. A two-step process then removes the potentially toxic bits.
Solar rays in this high-altitude desert at times rival the light intensity on Venus.
Mud at the bottom of this lake holds a record showing how humanity has been changing our planet. But the Anthropocene isn’t an official new epoch yet.
A prototype fabric could help keep cars, buildings and other spaces cooler during heat waves while also reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.