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New ICARUS tracking system helps scientists unlock mysteries of migration

Major environmental groups join Facebook ad boycott to protest climate misinformation

‘The mother of all injustices is climate change,’ says former diplomat and climate change leader

In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat

A heat wave in Siberia signals dangerous Arctic warming

EPA approves field trials of genetically modified mosquito

Bees led this author to reconnect to a childlike joy in nature

From Louisiana to Taiwan, environmental activists stand up to a major plastics company

Global network of young people writes poems to cope with climate crisis

‘China’s Erin Brockovich’ goes global to hold Chinese companies accountable

Racial justice movement spurs a Texas city council to bar fracking expansion

Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?

Fires and coronavirus are a deadly combination for the Amazon’s Indigenous people

Despite 'green wave,' France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial progress, researcher says

A global push for racial justice in the climate movement

COVID-19 lockdowns are a unique chance to study human-wildlife interactions, researchers say

Quest for racial justice in US must include environmental and climate issues, activists say

Rhino poaching in South Africa declines during coronavirus lockdown

Anti-poverty program in Indonesia also helps save forests, study shows

US-Mexico border wall threatens sacred Native lands