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A conceptual wide-view image of forest fires damaging trees.
ClimateEnvironmentNewsWeather

Los Angeles tree lovers hope their vital work recovers from devastating fires

LA tree advocates wonder how this month's devastating fires have affected their years of hard work.

FILE - In this photo made with an Optical Gas Imaging thermal camera, a plume of heat from a flare burning off methane and other hydrocarbons is detected in the background next to an oil pumpjack as a cow walks through a field in the Permian Basin in Jal, N.M., Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentFuelNatural GasNewsOil

Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say

The most productive oil and gas region in the world emits huge amounts of powerful greenhouse gas.

AnalysisClimateEmissionsEnvironmentIndigenousResiliencyWeather

As many US forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles

As wildfires intensify, U.S. forests face a replanting crisis, with seed shortages and limited nursery capacity delaying recovery.

A boat pushes barges on the water in the upper Mobile–Tensaw Delta on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near McIntosh, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
AnalysisBiodiversityEnvironmentResiliency

Takeaways from AP’s story on Alabama’s ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed

Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta, rich in biodiversity, faces threats from development and climate change, sparking conservation efforts.

An osprey takes off in the lower Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, near Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
AnalysisBiodiversityClimateEnvironmentIn-Depth

Conservationists try to protect ecologically rich Alabama delta from development, climate change

Environmentalists are working to protect the Alabama ecosystem considered crucial to the survival of species and the health of the delta.

FILE - The unofficial temperature hits 108 degrees at dusk at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, on July 12, 2023. The U.S. last year saw the most heat waves since 1936, according to an Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
AnalysisClimateIn-DepthWeather

What’s a heat dome? Here’s why so much of the US is broiling this week

Meteorologists are talking about heat waves and heat domes as extreme summer weather hits the U.S. Both mean it's really hot — and...

A general view shows an entrance to the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas. The plant was briefly shut down during the early part of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
AnalysisClimateIn-DepthInfrastructureNuclear PowerWeather

U.S. sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks

Many sites are contaminated or warehouse decades of radioactive waste, while some perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be...

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