Lauren Sommer
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Racial discrimination shaped the map of Minneapolis. Community groups are calling on the city to follow through on a new land use plan designed to address housing disparities and climate change.
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Communities were counting on historic levels of funding to prepare for climate change-driven disasters. Now, efforts are on hold.
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Car traffic took a big dip beginning in late March, and headlines celebrated clean air around the U.S. But an NPR analysis of EPA data tells a more troubling story.
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NPR's science correspondent answers listener questions about the impact the pandemic has had on climate change and wildlife.
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A new NASA satellite is providing a detailed look at how much polar ice is melting, raising sea levels around the world.
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They may look cute and fluffy, and they don't go far, but cats are deadly stalkers who rule concentrated areas of their neighborhoods.
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By making their bodies glow, Humboldt squid illuminate the changing patterns on their bodies to communicate in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
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An NPR climate change correspondent answers questions about how the transportation slowdown brought on by the coronavirus epidemic has impacted air quality and climate change.
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It is starting to take more time for cases, hospitalizations and deaths to double in several states, indicating social distancing is working. Here's how to make sense of those numbers.
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Weather forecast models rely on commercial airplanes for massive amounts of real-time data. With widespread flight cancellations, meteorologists are concerned.