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  1. Climate

    Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly

    Heat waves fueled by climate change killed scores of people and upended daily life. Here are some of those stories.

    By Carolyn Gramling and Nikk Ogasa
  2. Plants

    Meet a scientist tracking cactus poaching in the Atacama Desert

    Botanist Pablo Guerrero has been visiting Atacama cacti all his life. They’re not adapting well to a drier climate, booming mining and plant collection.

    By Rebecca Dzombak
  3. Animals

    Climate stress may undermine male spiders’ romantic gift giving

    Even spider love lives show an effect of climate uncertainty: Stressed males may offer a bit of silk-wrapped junk rather than a tasty insect treat.