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-A record-breaking warm winter and a March heat wave leaves western U.S. snowpack at historically low levels

-Trump administration is now reportedly offering companies payments to abandon offshore wind projects

-Saharan dust plumes are increasingly blanketing Europe with orange skies and “blood rain

-Iowa’s cancer rates are rising faster than most states, due to exposure to pesticides, nitrate, PFAS, and radon

-A new U.S. trend; homeowners are abandoning manicured lawns in favor of “rewilding”

-Coral reef fisheries could raise sustainable yields by nearly 50% if fish populations were protected

-158 giant tortoises return to the Galápagos, after a 150–180 year absence