Billionaire's million-dollar Nantucket beach house has officially been swept away

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Barry Sternlicht's Nantucket property experienced severe erosion, requiring the home to be demolished.

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America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

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Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.

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Cloud seeding probably didn't cause Dubai's floods. The UAE has been trying to control its weather for years, and the US does it too.

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A cloud-seeding rocket is launched in an attempt to make rain in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China.

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New Yorkers planted a tiny forest in a spot where the city used to warehouse prisoners and smallpox patients

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Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.
Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.

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Miami shows how a new kind of gentrification is coming to US cities

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Traditionally lower-income neighborhoods in Miami that are further inland and more elevated are seeing "climate gentrification" as higher-income people move in.

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Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation

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The SaliCrop team from left to right: Oron Bet Or, Carmit Oron, Ṛcā Godbole, Sharon Devir, Shimon Rachmilevitch.

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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time

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You can't tell from standing on it, but Earth's rotation rate is changing.

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5 major challenges that have China headed for a '100-year storm,' according to billionaire investor Ray Dalio

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Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during China Development Forum (CDF) 2023 at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 25, 2023 in Beijing, China.
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during China Development Forum (CDF) 2023 at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 25, 2023 in Beijing, China.

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Car insurance rates are at a 50-year high. Here's 3 ways you can keep your costs low, according to an expert

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Car insurance rates are at a 50-year high, largely due to post-pandemic crash rates and climate change.

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Climate change and extreme heat will drive inflation higher, study says

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