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Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.

After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.

With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools — and legal right — to fulfill this EPA function.

At many of these facilities, flooding from heavy storms has the potential to jeopardize patient care, block access to emergency rooms, and force evacuations.

Some couples broke under the pressure of Hurricane Helene. Others found something solid and surprising in each other.

A recent report shows that the state’s farm-to-school grant program has been effective at supporting economically disadvantaged farmers in the face of mounting federal cuts.

They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.

What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

Learn how the disease spreads, how to recognize common symptoms, and how it's diagnosed and treated.

National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.

"Sometimes a one-page pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way for people to receive information, but a song about go-bags played on the synth is."

E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet American cities remain committed to cars.

In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.

Meanwhile, emissions have continued to rise since the landmark treaty was signed.

A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.

La Cumplida has turned deforested hills into thriving shade-grown coffee farms, showing that healing the land can also grow profits.

Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and frustrate.

The Yurok Tribe has earned tens of millions from offsets, but critics say carbon markets perpetuate colonialism and allow companies to pay to pollute.

Major U.S. utilities earn an ​“F” on a new report card because they’re planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many gas-fired power plants.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.