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PHOTOS: Blue supermoon beams around the world

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The closest full moon of the year is dazzling stargazers on Wednesday night.

Native nations on front lines of climate change share knowledge and find support at intensive camps

By Hallie Golden, Associated Press

Tribes suffer some of the most severe impacts of climate change in the U.S. but often have the fewest resources to respond. This makes the intensive camps an important training ground and community-building space.

EPA head says he’s fully supports decision to block Alaska mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay

By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

The nation's top environmental official said he fully supports his agency's decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska's salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that…

WATCH: NASA reviews plan to recover Bennu asteroid sample via OSIRIS-REx

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

NASA researchers on Wednesday will share how they plan to retrieve rock samples plucked from the surface of an ancient asteroid next month.

Devastating Greek wildfire now in its 11th day is the biggest ever recorded in the EU

By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region is mainly concentrated deep in a forest near the border with Turkey, in an area difficult to access.

This study calculated the carbon emissions of getting rich

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

As income rises, so too does environmental impact, a new study finds.

LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Idalia

Tropical Storm Idalia descended on the Carolinas on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction. Follow here for updates.

Tropical Storm Idalia predicted to make landfall in Florida as a major hurricane this week

By Associated Press

Forecasters say they expect Idalia to become a hurricane later Monday in the Gulf of Mexico, then curve northeast and reach Florida's western coast on Wednesday.

News Wrap: U.S. Marine Corps aircraft crashes in Australia, killing 3

In our news wrap Saturday, three U.S. Marines died in an aircraft crash in Australia, Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Idalia heading toward the state, Russia confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin died in Wednesday’s plane crash outside Moscow, and hundreds…

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How climate change is disrupting the global food supply

By John Yang, Harry Zahn

The effects of climate change have been hard to miss across North America and Europe this summer: record heat, wildfires and warming oceans. There are also other, less obvious consequences that affect both the quantity and quality of food crops.

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