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California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves

California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves

Hot, dry weather on Sunday added to the challenges facing California firefighters who are battling to keep flames from driving further into a grove of ancient sequoias, where the base of the world’s largest tree has been wrapped in protective foil.
by The Associated Press

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California wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves

California wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves

Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, momentarily driving away firefighters as they try to protect the world's largest tree by wrapping its base in protective foil.
by The Associated Press

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Ask a Bookseller: A climate-change driven YA sci-fi

Ask a Bookseller: A climate-change driven YA sci-fi

Lauren Abesames of Wind City Books in Casper, Wyo., loves young adult fiction, and first on her list of recent books to recommend was “The Ones We’re Meant to Find” by Joan He.
by Emily Bright

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Watershed managers keep your basement from flooding — extreme weather swings are making it harder

Watershed managers keep your basement from flooding — extreme weather swings are making it harder

Changing rainfall patterns and more extreme weather swings have made water managers’ jobs difficult. They moderate lake and creek levels to prevent flooding and pollution.
by Paul Huttner

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Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here's what's at stake

Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here's what's at stake

Climate measures in a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan would transform the U.S. energy system. They are crucial for meeting President Joe Biden's ambitious climate goals, but face powerful opposition.
by Jeff Brady

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Report: Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050

Report: Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050

The report published on Monday examines how long-term impacts of climate change such as water scarcity, decreasing crop productivity and rising sea levels could lead to millions of what the report describes as "climate migrants" by 2050.
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The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds

The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds

The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.
by Huo Jingnan, Rebecca Hersher, Tegan Wendland, Steve Newborn and Daniel Rivero

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Remnants of hurricane bring blizzard conditions to Greenland

Remnants of hurricane bring blizzard conditions to Greenland

Just a month after rainfall was recorded for the first time ever at Greenland's highest point, the island is expecting up to four feet of snow from the remnants of Hurricane Larry — the rare tropical storm to stay intact so far north.
by Becky Sullivan

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Climate change is making natural disasters worse — along with our mental health

Climate change is making natural disasters worse — along with our mental health

"We are burned out and our resilience is really down," Lise Van Susteren, a psychiatrist, author and environmental activist, told NPR. "It's making us raw to all of these new challenges that we face. They're coming too fast, too furious, and too many."
by Sharon Pruitt-Young

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