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  1. Climate

    Why is Los Angeles on fire?

    High heat and little rain have extended wildfire season to year-round in some parts of California. Fast winds and dry conditions are fueling L.A.’s current infernos.

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  2. Earth

    A landslide in a Greenland fjord echoed around Earth for 9 days

    Warming permafrost and glacial melt destabilized a fragile mountain slope, leading to a landslide-triggered tsunami in a fjord. Is this a sign of more to come?

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  3. Climate

    Trees may be even bigger climate heroes than we thought

    These plants absorb methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in addition to carbon dioxide. Methane’s uptake is likely thanks to microbes living in tree bark.

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  4. Climate

    An ancient log shows how burying wood can fight climate change

    A blanket of clay soil helped the wood hold onto the carbon it had absorbed — for thousands of years.

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  5. Earth

    Surprise! The jet stream can trigger cloud formation

    Most cloud-seeding particles may come from a newly discovered mechanism — stratospheric intrusion.

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  6. Climate

    Let’s learn about how much climate change is to blame for extreme weather

    Scientists can find out whether a natural disaster was more frequent or severe due to human-caused climate change. Here’s how.

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  7. Tech

    New system uses evaporation to greatly cool artificial turf

    It relies on rainwater that gets stored below a field of plastic "grass." The design also limits how much rain — and pollution — will run off artificial turf.

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  8. Climate

    Stashing more CO2 in the ocean could slow climate change

    More research is needed on ways to safely remove some CO2 from the water to make room for more — such as by seaweed farming and iron fertilization.

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  9. Climate

    Microbes in the Arctic may be releasing more climate-warming gases

    Mini greenhouses in the wild show how the tiny organisms lurking underground in a ‘sleepy biome’ could play a big role in climate change.

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