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Climate

Wildfire smoke is blanketing the U.S. East Coast. It won’t be the last time

Climate change will continue to exacerbate fire risk across the world’s boreal forests, making events like the dangerous smoke over the U.S. East Coast more common.

Environment

Rising groundwater threatens to spread toxic pollution on U.S. coastlines

Sea level rise is pushing groundwater into shallower layers of earth, threatening to spread hazardous chemicals from contaminated soils.

Environment

Surviving a drought may help forests weather future dry spells

Climate change is making droughts more intense and frequent, but conifer forests have a trick up their sleeve, airplane and satellite data show.