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Climate & Environment

Narragansett Town Beach.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
From Salty Breeze to Sewage Stench: How Smell Influences Our Ocean Experience and Reflects Changing Seas
December 27, 2024
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Jieling Xiao, Birmingham City University
A peyote plant blooms while growing in the nursery at the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative homesite in Hebbronville, Texas, Sunday, March 24, 2024.
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Religion
Religion
Peyote Sacred to Native Americans Threatened by Psychedelic Renaissance and Development
December 26, 2024
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Deepa Bharath
Rocket shooting into vast, desert sky, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
From New Commercial Moon Landers to Asteroid Investigations, Expect a Slate of Space Missions in 2025
December 26, 2024
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Zhenbo Wang, University of Tennessee
An aerial survey team spotted North Atlantic right whale Catalog #5132 entangled in fishing gear off the coast of North Carolina on Dec. 16, 2024. Federal officials say the young male, who has several lines crossing over and wrapping his head and mouth, is likely to die from his injuries.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
How Long can North Atlantic Right Whales Live? Scientists may Finally Have an Answer
December 26, 2024
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Eve Zuckoff
They may seem close together, but the wind turbines are spaced a mile apart.
Article
Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
‘We Took a Pass': Tri-State Offshore Wind Proposal to Progress Without CT Involvement
December 23, 2024
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Patrick Skahill
A man brought a Christmas tree into his yard during a snowstorm in winter.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Dreaming of a White Christmas? There’s Hope, Depending on Where You Live
December 23, 2024
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Chandelis Duster
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Researchers Develop Way to Use Light to Dismantle PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
December 21, 2024
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Arindam Sau, University of Colorado Boulder

North Atlantic right whales #5110 documented with lines wrapped around the head and body on December 9, 2024.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Tangled Up in Blue: Two North Atlantic Right Whales Found Entangled Off MA, Plus Five Others
December 19, 2024
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Eve Zuckoff
An IFAW team attached rope and buoys to the humpback whale that washed ashore in Brewster to anchor the carcass in place. It was not found entangled with any gear.
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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment
Three Dead Whales Washed Ashore Between Plymouth and Provincetown in Under a Week
Researchers are unsure why the whales died in such a short time, but deaths are unrelated
December 17, 2024
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Eve Zuckoff
According to the ruling, since 2018, Rhode Island Recycled Metals, or RIRM, has been found in violation of at least four statewide environmental laws and has experienced four fires, including one in July that sent plumes of thick, black smoke across Narragansett Bay.
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The Public’s Radio
The Public’s Radio
Judge Expands Attorney’s Authority Over Rhode Island Recycled Metals
Reactions among advocates and politicians range from disappointed to cautiously optimistic
December 17, 2024
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Olivia Ebertz
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