Gen Nashimoto, of Luminalt, installs solar panels in Hayward, Calif., on April 29. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
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Scientists hope the larvae of the darkling beetle — nicknamed "superworms" — might solve the world's trash crisis thanks to their uncanny ability to eat polystyrene. The University of Queensland hide caption
Muris Demirovic waits by his rental car outside Yellowstone National Park for the entrance gate to open on Wednesday morning, near Wapiti, Wyo. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
Minerva Contreras, 44, connects climate change to her health because she has a lung problem that makes it harder to breathe on hot days. Keeping her house near Bakersfield, Calif., cool costs as much as $800 a month in the summer. Molly Peterson/KVPR hide caption
Americans connect extreme heat and climate change to their health, a survey finds
Carlos and Jessica Deviana sit in the back of their father's SUV, which they were using as a bedroom after Hurricane Michael destroyed their home in Panama City, Fla., in October 2018. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
You've likely been affected by climate change. Your long-term finances might be, too
A plume of smoke from the Black Fire rises over the Gila National Forest. Philip Connors watched the fire grow and creep closer to his fire lookout post. Philip Connors/Philip Connors hide caption
Yellowstone's North Entrance Road was washed out by flooding. National Park Service via Getty hide caption
The impact of the Sriracha shortage is starting to be felt. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
The cover of Cylita Guy's children book, illustrated by Cornelia Li, Chasing Bats & Tracking Rats: Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities. Annick Press hide caption
A female bear and two 1-year-old cubs walk over snow-covered freshwater glacier ice in Southeast Greenland. Kristin Laidre hide caption
In a place with little sea ice, polar bears have found another way to hunt
A washed out bridge shown along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Gardiner, Mont. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
High water levels in the Lamar River eroding the Northeast Entrance Road. National Park Service hide caption
Yellowstone-area floods strand visitors and residents, prompt evacuations
A mammoth tusk protruding from the riverbank on the Koyukuk River in Alaska. Adrienne Ghaly hide caption
High water in the Gardiner River along the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Montana washed out part of a road on Monday. National Park Service via AP hide caption
This weekend's heat wave will stretch from south Texas to California, where temperatures will climb as high as 115 degrees. This map is for Saturday's forecast. National Weather Service hide caption
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From left: Bowling Green State University emeritus biology professor George Bullerjahn, Bowling Green graduate student Ryan Wagner and University of Windsor professor Mike McKay set out on the frozen surface of Lake Erie's Sandusky Bay to find a spot to collect water samples on Feb. 9 near Port Clinton, Ohio. Emily Elconin hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stops at IBEW Local 6 union hall in San Francisco on Sept. 14, 2021, to speak with union workers and volunteers. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption
Members of a landowner-led prescribed burn association work together in south-central Nebraska to complete a 945-acre prescribed burn. Everyone on the burn performs an essential role, from the four-wheeler riding internal ignition team to the mop-up crew that patrols the perimeter with water tanks strapped to flatbed pickup trucks. Andria Hautamaki hide caption
New Mexico's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham (center), smiles as supporters cheer during a campaign rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 3, 2021. The rally was cut short as protesters chanted loudly beyond the walls of the outdoor venue. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP hide caption
A man crosses the flooded intersection in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami on Saturday. Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP hide caption
Zoe, second from left, walks onto the field with her fellow graduates. Zoe was one of eight Valedictorians and told her classmates, "Do not think about the unknown stresses of the future or the treasured memories of the past, but think about the present moment we are living right now." William DeShazer for NPR hide caption
A high school senior reflects on her community's resilience after a devastating flood
Encore: Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland
A worker carries used drink bottles and cans for recycling at a collection point in Brooklyn, New York. Three decades of recycling have so far failed to reduce what we throw away, especially plastics. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption