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RESEARCHERS TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN THE QUEST TO CREATE A USABLE, HIGH ENERGY BIO-FUEL...
Deforestation intensifies warming in the Amazon Rain Forest
Fires raging across the Amazon in recent weeks have gripped the world’s attention and renewed concerns over deforestation in this iconic ecosystem. The widespread...
We looked for some of the hottest places in California. We...
The first time ProPublica traveled to Thermal, California, in June 2020, the temperature happened to be 114 degrees, and we felt stupefied, literally unable...
A green city works to save a blue planet
While Boulder will always be better known for its mountains...
Palm oil is the worst—could old bread be the solution?
The beignets, eclairs and tartelettes at Ludovic Gerboin’s bakery in the small village of Moosinning, Germany, glow in vibrant shades of red, blue, green...
Enlisting the sun
Of all the countries in the world, the United States consumes the most energy. Within the U.S., it is the Department of Defense (DOD), encompassing the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force, that consumes the most energy, according to the DOD. In 2010, the DOD’s ...
Bearing witness
A stocky Western bluebird makes his home in a nest box.
The tenant’s glimmering blue suit, interrupted by a rusted vest, catches Mary Young’s attention,...
Bus operators race to ditch dirty vehicles
In 2013, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) faced a big decision. Advancing technologies, combined with a boom in natural gas production, presented an opportunity...
The union of science and art
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is much more than a place for the most prestigious climate scientists in the world to work;...
The boy and the buffalo
Shortly before dawn on a rainy morning in early March, 20-year-old Comfrey Jacobs, born near Gold Hill and a recent official resident of Montana, handcuffed himself to a bright orange barrel filled with cement and scrap metal at the center of the gates in Yellowstone...
