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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Government Wants to Circumvent the Constitution to Allow Mining on Indigenous Lands

The Brazilian minister of mines and energy stated that Brazil would open its indigenous territories to mining interests without the consent of the affected population.

Sue Branford & Maurício Torres

Environment

Air Pollution Kills More People Than Smoking

And as usual, it's the communities that are least responsible for it that suffer the most.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

The Mysterious Salamanders Fighting Extinction Under Central Texas

Researchers warn that all of the underground salamanders living in an aquifer system near Austin could disappear in the next century.

Morgan Erickson-Davis

A wave crashes over a home on Lighthouse Road as a massive winter storm begins to bear down on the region on January 4th, 2018, in Scituate, Massachusetts. The "bomb cyclone" was expected to dump heavy snows in New England as the storm system moved up the U.S. east coast.

Environment

What Happens When a Cyclone Becomes a ‘Bomb’?

Americans in the storm's path can expect major travel disruptions, potential power outages, and risks to livestock.

Russ Schumacher

Environment

How Shark Trackers Uncovered Illegal Fishing in the Indian Ocean

The data suggests that the removal of reef fish in the British Indian Ocean Territory has increased since 2013, and that sharks are being deliberately targeted.

Sophie Manson

An offshore oil rig is pictured at sunset.

Environment

Are American Oil Platforms Prepared for Underwater Avalanches?

Instead of one damaged wellhead, a mudslide would leave a tangled mess of pipes buried under a giant mass of sediments.

Ian MacDonald

Environment

West Virginians Bear the Brunt of Increased Natural Gas Drilling

As natural gas booms around the Marcellus Shale, nearby residents continue to feel the burden of the industry's growth.

Kate Mishkin

A herd of waterbuck grazes in the open floodplains of Gorongosa National Park

Environment

How the Loss of Large Carnivores Cascades Through Ecosystems

Antelope in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park became more daring after civil war ravaged the predator population. A new study tracks the impact that's had.

Kate Wheeling