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Kansas City and several other cities worked with NOAA to map neighborhoods to find out how heat impacts neighborhoods. The data can help cities prepare and adapt to a warmer world.
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The White House wants the aviation industry to switch to renewable fuel by 2050, but factories that produce it are rare.
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Despite recent outbreaks of intense arctic air — dropping Kansas City's temperatures below zero — winter has been the fastest-warming season for most of the Midwest. In fact, these brutal cold snaps might be another consequence of climate change.
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At least three states have banned these trees outright, and others discourage the public from adding them to their yards.
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A changing climate looks poised to increase wildfire conditions significantly. That would compound other growing risks, such as the aggressive spread of eastern red cedars.
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College students are testing private wells in south-central Kansas. The results are prompting families to install treatment systems to reduce nitrate levels.
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Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts. Now cities along the river are turning to each other for solutions.
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In his new book “On Indigenuity: Learning the Lessons of Mother Earth,” Native activist Daniel Wildcat explores how ancient Indigenous knowledge can be used to solve many of today’s most urgent issues, including climate change.
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Palestinian and Muslim students say that UMKC's silence on the war in Gaza is leaving them vulnerable to discrimination. Plus: A recent Forest Service report says that climate change will cause older trees to release more carbon dioxide, but conservationists aren't so sure.
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Some conservationists argue a recent Forest Service report will lead to more logging of old trees. They say federal forests should be left alone to soak up carbon emissions. But the Forest Service says in coming decades older trees will absorb less carbon.
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The USDA has access to thousands more weather stations now than in the past. That, combined with 30 years of new data, led to big changes in its hardiness map of cold winter temperatures in Kansas.
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The fifth National Climate Assessment says a warming climate, increasingly extreme weather and drought are threatening the Midwest’s economy and health.