Tag: Environment
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In an Age of Climate Change, How Do We Cope with Floods?
The deaths in the Texas Hill Country are a tragic testament to the force of a raging river. Flood-stricken Vermont has a radical plan to counter the threat it faces.
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Bicycle graveyards: why do so many bikes end up underwater?
Every year, thousands of bikes are tossed into rivers, ponds, lakes and canals. What’s behind this mass drowning?
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The Unseen Fury Of Solar Storms
Lurking in every space weather forecaster’s mind is the hypothetical big one, a solar storm so huge it could bring our networked, planetary civilization to its knees.
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American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter
Extreme weather is keeping more people stuck inside.
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The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life
Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself.
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The sludge king: how one man turned an industrial wasteland into his own El Dorado
When a Romanian businessman returned to his hometown and found a city blighted by mining waste, he hatched a plan to restore it to its former glory. He became a local hero, but now prosecutors accuse of him a running a multimillion dollar fraud