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two mesquite seed pods, which resemble large green pea pods

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Tree planting project aims to cool Tucson neighborhoods, provide food

by YCC Team November 22, 2022November 16, 2022

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is helping people grow and care for velvet mesquite trees.

a small group of people wearing surgical gowns stand in a room with medical equipment

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More than half of infectious diseases may be aggravated by climate change

by YCC Team November 21, 2022November 16, 2022

Images of three people against a smoky sky.

Experts discuss how wildfire smoke harms human health

by Samantha Harrington November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

A doctor with a pink scarf wrapped around her head and shoulders and a stethoscope around her neck examines a patient.

After the deluge — cascading effects of extreme weather on human health

by Emily Jack-Scott and Sarah Spengeman November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

a medical worker checks a patient's blood pressure

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, put dialysis patients in danger

by YCC Team November 15, 2022November 10, 2022

boy in a white shirt holding a green oxygen mask

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Reducing fossil fuel use will help make life easier for many people with asthma

by YCC Team November 2, 2022October 26, 2022

three smokestacks at a power plant tower over a river

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U.S. coal use is falling, but some communities still bear pollution burden

by YCC Team October 28, 2022October 21, 2022

A number 90 red line electric bus at a bus stop

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Indianapolis adds more than 80 electric and electric-hybrid buses to public transit fleet

by YCC Team October 21, 2022October 20, 2022

A woman lays on a gray couch in front of a fan and holds a cloth to her forehead.

Battling heat waves: The silent killer

by James Arnott and Greg Alvarez October 18, 2022October 17, 2022

Children play near a river in northeast Guinea.

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Extreme heat waves are stunting kids’ growth in West Africa, study finds

by YCC Team October 13, 2022October 6, 2022

A man holds a door open for an elderly woman

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Emergency evacuations can be stressful for people with dementia. Caregivers can help.

by YCC Team October 5, 2022September 30, 2022

a woman administers a shot to a driver through the open window of a parked vehicle

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Front-line health care workers need protection from heat, researcher says

by YCC Team October 4, 2022October 4, 2022