As the summer heat becomes increasingly extreme in Phoenix, people who can’t escape the sun are suffering third-degree burns, heatstroke and dehydration.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/well/homeless-heat-phoenix.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Alaska’s capital city of Juneau is urging many residents to evacuate, bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the area’s Mendenhall Glacier, with the event being driven by climate change amid glacial retreat
Alaska’s Juneau orders evacuations as record glacier flood looms
Mendenhall Glacier outburst threatens homes, with scientists warning events are intensifying
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Wastewater from an industrial soya bean farm and processor has poisoned a Maryland town’s drinking water with Pfas, raising questions about residents’ health and “forever chemical” pollution from industrial agricultural operations nationwide www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Waste from agricultural plant poisoned US town’s water with Pfas, lawsuits allege
Some Salisbury, Maryland, residents say the contaminated water from Perdue Farms’s local plant has sickened them
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“Flexible discs and other reusable menstrual products are gaining traction as alternatives to the billions of single-use pads and tampons, they’re cost-effective and long-lasting in addition to helping people reduce waste.” apnews.com/article/peri...
Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products
Reusable menstrual products, including cups, discs and period underwear, have gained traction as a cost-effective, long-lasting, environmental alternative to single-use products.
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i can’t let myself think about it too often or i’ll spiral but dammit we were so close to never having to give a shit what he said ever again
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Carbon dioxide removal research should be government funded and government led, like the Manhattan Project.
Carbon removal firm Noya shuts shop www.linkedin.com/posts/joshis...
Daniel and I recently made the decision to wind down operations at Noya. | Josh Santos | 43 comments
Daniel and I recently made the decision to wind down operations at Noya. building Noya has been the single most fulfilling and challenging thing i’ve done in my career so far, and i’m so grateful to ...
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Hot air makes it harder for engines to get a plane airborne – a problem that is set to get more common as the climate warms.
Why you might get bumped from a flight during a heat wave yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/why-...
Why you might get bumped from a flight during a heat wave » Yale Climate Connections
Hot air makes it harder for engines to get a plane airborne – a problem that is set to get more common as the climate warms.
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According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, “Idaho lost more than a third of its OBs – 94 of 268 total – between August 2022 and December 2024.”
Idaho lost 1 in 3 obstetricians after its abortion ban
New research confirms: Crackdowns on reproductive rights have harmful ripple effects across local health care.