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A Dearborn policeman knocked unconscious was the first casualty of the 1932 Ford Hunger March in Detroit and Dearborn.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University/Detroit News Burckhardt.
On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.
Over 1 million acres of grassland burn in the Texas Panhandle in late February 2024.
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The state’s largest wildfire on record tore across the heart of Texas cattle country, and more days of strong winds were forecast. A rangeland ecologist explains why the flames spread so fast.
Comedian Chuck Nice and his daughter crack jokes in a video about a serious topic: climate change.
Inside the Greenhouse/University of Colorado-Boulder
A new UN report finds that the true global cost of producing food is $12.7 trillion more than consumers pay at the checkout counter. We pay those uncounted costs in other ways.
Lightning strikes near St. George, Utah.
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Many incentive programs promote e-bike use, but they aren’t necessarily targeting the right people for the right reasons.
A farmer paddles to his fields on an artificial island among canals, part of an ancient Aztec system known as chinampas, in 2021.
AP Photo/Marco Ugarte
Reducing particle pollution can save thousands of lives, but states need more data to inform better controls. An atmospheric scientist explains what data and actions are needed.
For decades, railroad tracks carried coal from eastern Tennessee to power plants in the eastern U.S.
Appalachian Voices
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results bring few jobs or sizable investments for residents.
Their ‘island naïveté’ means these seabirds are easy pickings when mice attack.
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On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers are trying to figure out how to stop these murderous mice.
Leap Day is coming.
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A hot, dry summer on the heels of a wet winter raises the risk of wildfires.
Aerial view of the Pinto Valley copper mine, located on private and U.S. national forest lands in Gila County, Ariz.
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Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.
The right way to photograph wildlife: from a distance, in the animal’s natural habitat.
Jim Peaco, Yellowstone National Park/Flickr
Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.
The cut flowers could pay for themselves and even turn a profit.
Margi Rentis
Phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to water pollution and cause harmful algal blooms. New research shows how mats of floating flower beds can take advantage of these nutrients while cleaning the water.
Too much fresh water from Greenland’s ice sheet can slow the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation.
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On Feb. 7, 2024, the EPA strengthened the federal limit for annual levels of fine particulate air pollution, or PM2.5. Many serious health effects have been linked to PM2.5 exposure.
Low-income communities often have a longer wait for electricity to come back after outages.
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
The US, a minor liquefied natural gas supplier a decade ago, now is the world’s top source. That’s good for energy security, but bad for Earth’s climate. An energy scholar explains the trade-offs.
Cutaway view of a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle showing part of its battery array (silver boxes).
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Lithium-ion battery fires are becoming increasingly common as electric vehicles spread, and are hard to extinguish. A new approach uses an electrolyte based on a commercial fire extinguisher.
Climate marches and protests, like this one in Santa Monica, Calif., often aim for local impact.
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Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
A paleontologist wears a T-shirt showing Strophodus rebecae, a shark species with flat teeth that lived millions of years ago.
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