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A new interactive WBUR podcast called "The Midnight Rebellion" reframes the climate crisis as an epic adventure -- one that listeners can choose how it ends.
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The urban legend called the "Tonganoxie Split" is said to spare Missouri's Kansas City from tornadoes. Scientists are split about its accuracy.
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A new art-house drama tells three stories that span the century — and connect to one tree. Silent Friend will open your eyes to the beauty of the natural world.
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He was born before the Great Depression, came of age in WWII, and is still making wildlife documentaries. Brits call David Attenborough a national hero, as he celebrates his 100th birthday.
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County commissioners gave the project a green light on Monday, but it still needs to obtain water rights at a time when the Great Salt Lake is nearing a new record low in water levels.
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New Orleans may have crossed a “point of no return” as rising seas, sinking land and stronger storms converge.
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Across six locations in Indonesia, NPR spoke with locals about how nickel mining is changing the land and daily life. It's brought jobs, but also concerns about environmental damage and public health.
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Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some numbers to how important pollinators are for both nutrition and income.
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Fresh water sources have dried up, leaving close to half a million people in Texas’ gulf coast at risk of not having drinking water.
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The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon.
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An estimated 3 to 4 million feral hogs live in Texas, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to crops and moving more frequently into growing suburban areas.
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More state and federal approvals are needed for the 3-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion, which would stretch from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link up with another pipeline.