TOPSHOT - People walk in Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York City on June 7, 2023. Smoke from Canada's wildfires has engulfed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US, raising concerns over the harms of persistent poor air quality. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Schrenkiella parvula is a plant that can grow -- even thrive -- in extremely salty conditions. Researchers in the Dinneny lab study this plant to understand this special adaptation and how they might be able to modify other plants to withstand similarly stressful environments. (Image credit: José Dinneny)
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A man waters his lawn in Alhambra, California on April 27, 2022, a day after Southern California delared a water shortage emergency, with unprecedented new restrictions on outdoor watering for millions of people living in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. - Southern California's Metropolitan water district will allow for outdoor watering tp just one day per week effective June 1st. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - View of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. - Brazil on Sunday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes were ignited and a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
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A patch of fire-damaged forest in Alaska. The boreal forest — typically pine, birch and larch — make up about thirty percent of all forest in the world.
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Some experts fear these forests could shift from absorbing carbon dioxide to emitting it
FILE - In this Friday, July 8, 2016, file photo, Dane Hew Len, lead installer for RevoluSun, places a solar panel on a roof in Honolulu. The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved a plan for Hawaiian Electric's customers to enroll in a program that charges different rates for electricity based on the time of day. Solar advocates have pushed for such a program. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz,File)
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The field of sunflowers at Butler's Orchard farm attracts lots of human visitors but it's also popular with bees and butterflies who share a flower.
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Parts of the world are heading toward an insect apocalypse, study suggests