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Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change

This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction far from rivers or coastlines, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate...

Heat Down Below Is Making the Ground Shift Under Chicago

Underneath downtown Chicago’s soaring Art Deco towers, its multilevel roadways and its busy subway and rail lines, the land is sinking, and not...

Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon’s Far Side

The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon’s far side remain surprisingly warm, scientists have revealed using data from orbiting Chinese spacecraft.They...

Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters

Whitefish populations below Libby Dam, which created Lake Koocanusa, have declined considerably in recent years. Monitoring in 2018 found that populations, which are...

A Tiny Fish That Fuels an Atlantic Ecosystem Now Fuels Industry Debates

Researchers hoped to find evidence of a healthy new generation of ospreys when they checked 84 nests of the fish-eating bird in mid-June...

What Haunts Child Abuse Victims? The Memory, Study Finds

For generations, our society has vacillated about how best to heal people who experienced terrible things in childhood.Should these memories be unearthed, allowing...

New Map Shows Titan Submersible Debris’s Proximity to Titanic Wreck

The company that possesses the exclusive salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck and the ship’s artifacts filed in federal court on Saturday a...

Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm

In recent years, private equity firms have been gobbling up physician practices to form powerful medical groups across the country, according to a...

Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’

Catastrophic floods in the Hudson Valley. An unrelenting heat dome over Phoenix. Ocean temperatures hitting 90 degrees Fahrenheit off the coast of Miami....

Silence Is a ‘Sound’ You Hear, Study Suggests

The hush at the end of the musical performance. The pause in a dramatic speech. The muted moment when you turn off the...

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