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1 week ago | 
gizmodo.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |George Dvorsky
Across seven decades and a dozen presidencies, America’s scientific prowess was arguably unmatched. At universities and federal agencies alike, researchers in the United States revolutionized weather forecasting, cured deadly diseases, and began monitoring greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
gizmodo.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |Rose Pastore
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Earth’s oceans caught a fever in March 2023 that has yet to break. Since then, the bathwater-like conditions have killed corals in a record-breaking mass bleaching event, fueled hurricanes, and collapsed entire fisheries.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
japantimes.co.jp | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |Joseph Winters
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Japan Times. All is quiet at 10:30 a.m. on a Thursday in Shibuya, Tokyo’s famous commercial district. In an alleyway just steps from one of the busiest train stations in the world, a short line of tourists huddles outside of a bar. Finally, half an hour later, the door cracks open and, greeted with a soft “irasshaimase,” or “welcome,” the parties shuffle in to sample one of the rarest dishes in Japan: faux-fish sushi.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |Matt Simon
WILDFIRESWhat Made the Los Angeles Wildfires So MonstrousPublished 14 January 2025Powerful winds and extra-dry vegetation have fueled what may become the costliest wildfires on record. The longer-term challenge is better adapting Los Angeles, and the rest of California, to a future of ever-worsening droughts and wildfires. “People talk about adapting to the climate,” sys one expert.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Kimberly Leonard |Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |Ayurella Horn-Muller |Richard Tribou
Good morning and welcome to Thursday.Florida lawmakers seem to have tackled illegal immigration from almost every angle. But with President-elect DONALD TRUMP coming into office again and the Senate voting on a crackdown this week, several key players say they’re ready to address the issue anew. Gov. RON DESANTIS told reporters on Tuesday he wanted lawmakers to do more on illegal immigration, POLITICO’s Gary Fineout reports, including helping Trump with mass deportations.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
gizmodo.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |George Dvorsky
At any given moment, crude oil is being pumped up from the depths of the planet. Some of that sludge gets sent to a refinery and processed into plastic, then it becomes the phone in your hand, the shades on your window, the ornaments hanging from your Christmas tree. Although scientists know how much carbon dioxide is emitted to make these products (a new iPhone is akin to driving more than 200 miles), there’s little research into how much gets stashed away in them.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
motherjones.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. I was 11 years old the year my older stepsister brought her high school boyfriend home for the first time. It was Thanksgiving 2006, and his Southern manners fit right in as we bantered between mouthfuls of cornbread stuffing, fried okra, and marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
theinvadingsea.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey |Sachi Mulkey
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. By , GristFlorida keeps trying to kill Betsy Riley. Riley says it as a joke, a way to make light of surviving three weather-related scares over the past three years. The first time was in 2022, a year after Riley and their partner moved to Alachua County in the northern part of the Sunshine State.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
ecotopical.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
motherjones.com | Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of microorganisms—some that might help scour the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide mankind has pumped into it. One microorganism in particular has captured scientists’ attention.
