Scientists have been undercounting nitrous oxide emission in the Corn Belt by about 25 gigagrams annually.
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America Is Frying the Planet With Its Corn Fields
All These Fires Are Burning Through Firefighters’ Budgets
The whole west is freckled with fires, and firefighters are anxious that the money we're throwing at these fires is growing short.
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How Obama’s Getting Americans to Care About Climate Change
A former Obama communications director explains how the president reframed his climate change messaging.
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Obama’s Climate Change Plan Is Actually About Public Health
The plan will drastically reduce America’s reliance on coal-fired power plants, the country’s biggest source of carbon emissions.
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One Way to Fight California’s Drought: Desalting the Ocean
With snowpacks at zero percent and reservoirs looking more like puddles, engineers in San Diego are preparing to hook up a new $1 billion desalinization plant.
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