Nature
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Ahead of pandemic talks, this doctor has nature on his mind
Dr. Neil Vora has spent much of his career chasing and treating infectious disease outbreaks, from the Ebola epidemic in…
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In new film, Indigenous traditions persist amid loss
“What is that smoke for?” In a remote Amazonian village, a young boy asks his grandfather why a haze surrounds…
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Report warns of growing human toll as planet warms
Last year was the hottest on record — sparking major climate disasters across the globe. More than 150 “unprecedented” heatwaves,…
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Conservation International wins Microsoft challenge
Data — the key to understanding and tackling some of the world’s toughest problems — suffers from at least one major…
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Coffee farmers face down climate change
SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala — José Marcelino Estrada has spent his life tending coffee. He learned from his father how…
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What on Earth is ‘natural capital’?
Editor’s note: From “climate adaptation” to “blue carbon,” from “landscape approach” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere these days.…
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Massive reforestation effort puts down roots in Brazilian Amazon
A new project seeks to kickstart a revival for the world’s largest rainforest by planting new trees — tens of…
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New tech could transform science of wildlife ‘selfies’
A groundbreaking new effort could greatly expand our knowledge of where the wild things are. Placed by researchers in forests…
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That UN climate report wasn’t all bad news
Not at all. Remind me who the ‘IPCC’ is? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of the United…
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Women conservation leaders ‘a tide lifting everyone’
The climate crisis affects women disproportionately: They’re 14 times more likely to die during a disaster and constitute 80 percent…
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