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Coral reefs across the globe once again endure mass bleaching amid warming oceans, scientists say

By Alexa St. John, Associated Press

Coral reef bleaching across happens when stressed coral expel the algae that are their food source and give them their color. If the bleaching is severe and long-lasting, the coral can die.

To lower its rat population, NYC considers birth control as a humane option

By Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America, Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

To lower rat populations in New York, lawmakers are proposing birth control designed for rats as an alternative to the usual traps, poison, and carbon monoxide methods.

Through gardens, these Native communities are cultivating a solution to climate change

By Adam Kemp

How a small home garden can preserve traditional food-growing practices.

1st national limits on toxic PFAS in drinking water set by Biden administration

By Michael Phillis, Associated Press

Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers.

Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

By Associated Press

Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle — the so-called Higgs boson — in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the particle's existence could be confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider.

UN watchdog says the status of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is ‘extremely serious’

By Illia Novikov, Samya Kullab, Associated Press

The International Atomic Energy Agency says its team was aware of an explosion at a training center next to the plant. It said it was informed the blast was from a drone attack.

New EPA rule says more than 200 U.S. chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency rule that more than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions. The emissions are likely to cause cancer.

More than 200 chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions under new EPA rule

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The rule will apply to 218 facilities spread across Texas and Louisiana, the Ohio River Valley, West Virginia and the upper South, the agency said. It updates several regulations on chemical plant emissions that have not been tightened in nearly…

Millions of people witness rare total solar eclipse across North America

By Miles O'Brien, Shoshana Dubnow, Eliot Barnhart

Millions of people on Monday watched a rare total eclipse cut across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging some towns and cities into darkness for several minutes. In many other places it was a chance to view a partial eclipse.

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Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Both greenhouse gases jumped 5.5% over the past decade of souped-up climate change. The third biggest human-caused greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, also spiked to a record high.