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A section of collapsed road after Hurricane Maria, October 7, 2017 in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Maria worsens uncertainty for PR's kids

Paola Rosa-Aquino - Grist
This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. (NOAA via AP)

UN report shows civilization is at stake

Eric Holthaus - Grist
Embers fly above a firefighter as he works to control a backfire as the Delta Fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2018. (AP/Noah Berger)

How climate change impacts mental health

Nicole Karlis
(AP/Luca Bruno)

Scientists: Act on climate now

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra)

Volcanoes are erupting all over the news

Laura Carter
(Getty Images)

Why most history is wrong

Alex Rosenberg
(Getty/vm)

Violence against ER staffers on the rise

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
(AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

DOE props up coal, nuclear power

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=4896915'>Matt_Brown</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Answers to your screen-time questions

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
(<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-109192p1.html">David Royal Hanson</a> <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-306199p1.html'>nando viciano</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

A traumatic memory can be hard to shake

Jacek Debiec - The Conversation
FILE--In this Sept. 27, 2016 file photo, different strains of marijuana are displayed in West Salem Cannabis, a marijuana shop in Salem, Ore. (P Photo/Andrew Selsky, fileAP)

Eat, toke or vape

Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
(AP/Matt Rourke)

Mistrial declared in J&J cancer case

Myron Levin - FairWarning
This Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, shows a section of the Dakota Access Pipeline under construction near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

Energy board rushes giant Alaska project

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
In this May 22, 2014 photo, coffee beans harvested last year are stored at a coffee plantation in Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala. The region’s thousands of coffee farmers grow the smooth-flavored, aromatic Arabica beans enjoyed by coffee lovers around the world. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (AP)

Coffee is destroying the environment

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner - Independent Media Institute
Computer-generated representation of Naegleria fowleri in its ameboid trophozoite stage, in its flagellated stage, and in its cyst stage. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Brain-eating amoeba takes another life

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/vm)

Is the hospital overcharging you?

Stephanie Booth - Healthline
Tasuku Honjo; James P. Allison (Wikimedia/AP/Richard Drew,)

New cancer treatments warranted a Nobel

Sheena Cruickshank - The Conversation
(AP/Wayne Parry)

Almost all seabirds ingest plastic now

Lorraine Chow - Independent Media Institute
(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

The losing battle against climate change

Dan Ross - Independent Media Institute
(Getty/FatCamera)

Workplace wellness gets contentious

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
(Getty Images)

When one door closes, another one opens

Sam Herron
(Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

Trump creating 'contraception deserts'

Sarah Varney - KFF Health News
(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Hidden role in federal rule-making

Sarah Jane Tribble - KFF Health News
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014, file photo, the City of Toledo water intake crib is surrounded by algae in Lake Erie, off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Groups working to solve Lake Erie’s algae outbreaks agree that a key step will be targeting areas that are sending much of the algae-feeding phosphorus into the lake. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File) (AP)

Saving the Great Lakes

Valerie Vande Panne - Independent Media Institute
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