Exclusive: US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal.
Climate change scepticism
Exclusive: series of emails show staff at Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service advised to reference ‘weather extremes’ instead
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Kenya's herders swap livestock for chillies as drought bites.
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Extreme weather deaths in Europe 'could increase 50-fold by next century.'
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Ancient genomes show how maize adapted to life at high altitudes.
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Maize was first domesticated in Mexico around 4,000 years ago.
Genome sequences from nearly 2,000-year-old cobs of maize (corn) found in a Utah cave...
Study finds human influence in the Amazon's third 1-in-100 year drought since 2005.
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Climate Consensus - the 97%
Deforestation and climate change appear to be amplifying droughts in the Amazon
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Aerial view of a drought-affected area within the...
Cities are already suffering from summer heat. Climate change will make it worse.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Tina Johnson has a sense of place. She’s a fourth-generation New Yorker who lives in the same apartment in West...
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Baltimore shares recipe to keep cities fed in a crisis.
"Baltimore is one of the first cities in the country to assess and plan for resilience at all levels of the food system"By Adela...
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