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Nova Wagging Tales Good morning and happy Tuesday. The bitter chill is sticking around, and that light dusting of snow from yesterday has turned some spots into icy traps underfoot. Add in gusting winds, and it’s going to feel like

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Official word will arrive later this week that Earth recorded the hottest calendar year in recorded history. And for the fifth time this decade, journalists will try to convey the significance of a milestone that’s become routine

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about popular foods that are contaminated with plastic particles, the secret network of pipelines carrying toxic radioactive waste from fracking operations, and the proposal to bury millions of tons of carbon

Goat in a market in Nigeria (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Nigeria boasts one of the largest livestock populations in Africa, significantly contributing to its agricultural gross domestic product. However, the crucial pastoral production system which encompasses millions of pastoralists faces

Representational image only. Credit: PTI Photo After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change. The last global scientific consensus on the phenomenon was released in 2021

A moth, backlit against a window. Read time: 3 minutes Computer models developed by the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory predict that hotter, drier conditions in North America will limit the growth of a fungus that normally curbs

USAID helps farmers in Villa de San Francisco, Francisco Morazán, Honduras, adopt climate-smart technologies. Credit: Andre Ancheta for USAID In Bangladesh, some 500,000 people escaped harm from a powerful cyclone last year with the help of disaster warning and protection

Research conducted at the University of Manchester’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research has been used to drive policy changes in the shipping and aviation sectors, bringing greenhouse gas emissions targets more in line with the Paris Agreement. Image: Shutterstock