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This June 2018 photo provided by Polar Bears International shows polar bear standing on sea ice north of Svalbard, Norway. Arctic sea ice — frozen ocean water — shrinks during the summer as it gets warmer, then forms again in the long winter. How much it shrinks is where global warming kicks in, scientists say. The more the sea ice shrinks in the summer, the thinner the ice is overall, because the ice is weaker first-year ice. (BJ Kirschhoffer/Polar Bears International via AP)

Polar ice melt is changing Earth’s rotation, messing with time itself

By Staff - The Washington Times

Mariama Sonko Mariama Sonko poses in the seed hut of her agro-ecological training center in the Casamance village of Niaguis, Senegal, Wednesday, March 7, 2024. This quiet village in Senegal is the headquarters of a 115,000-strong rural women's rights movement in West Africa, We Are the Solution. Sonko, its president, is training female farmers from cultures where women are often excluded from ownership of the land they work so closely. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

‘Women farmers are invisible’: A West African project helps them claim their rights — and land

By Jack Thompson - Associated Press

A person picks through trash for reusable items as a fire rages at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, April 27, 2022. A new United Nations report estimates that 19% of the food produced around the world went to waste in 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, U.N. says

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Subaru recalls 118,000 cars over airbag problem

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Justin Coleman, of Birmingham, Ala., holds his glasses up to his eyes as he watches the solar eclipse atop a parking structure, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Birmingham. Safe solar eclipse glasses block out the sun’s ultraviolet rays and nearly all visible light. When worn indoors, only very bright lights should be faintly visible – not household furniture or wallpaper. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Looking at a solar eclipse can be dangerous without eclipse glasses. Here’s what to know

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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that was struck by a container ship in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The container ship lost power and rammed into the major bridge causing the span to buckle into the river below. (Maxaar Technologies via AP)

Police had about 90 seconds to stop traffic before Baltimore bridge fell. 6 workers are feared dead

By LEA SKENE - Associated Press

A cargo ship is stuck under the part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

2 bodies recovered as Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse investigation picks up speed

By Lea Skene and Brian Witte - Associated Press

Jessica Humes, Environmental Project Manager for the Imperial Irrigation District, looks over a pond refuge for the desert pupfish, Friday, March 22, 2024, in Imperial, Calif. The Imperial Irrigation District created a plan to scale back draws from the Colorado River in a bid to preserve the waterway following years of drought. But a tiny, tough fish got in the way. The proposal to pay farmers to temporarily stop watering forage crops this summer has environmentalists concerned that irrigation drains could dry up, threatening the fish, she said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Tiny, endangered fish hinders California River water conservation plan

By Amy Taxin - Associated Press

In this aerial image released by the Maryland National Guard, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Baltimore. (Maryland National Guard via AP)

Debate emerges over whether modern protections could have saved Francis Scott Key Bridge

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a Senate Finance hearing to examine President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025 on Capitol Hill Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Yellen says China’s rapid buildout of its green energy industry ‘distorts global prices’

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that was struck by a container ship in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The container ship lost power and rammed into the major bridge causing the span to buckle into the river below. (Maxaar Technologies via AP)

What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

Kayaking the Nickajack Lake at sunset. File photo credit: Patrick Sanford via Shutterstock.

33 kayakers rescued near cave by Tennessee’s Nickajack Lake

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A helicopter flies over a container ship as it rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md. The ship rammed into the major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to collapse in a matter of seconds and creating a terrifying scene as several vehicles plunged into the chilly river below. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Singapore sends team to help probe Baltimore bridge disaster; crew dropped anchor just before impact

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Wildfires burn parts of a cemetery in Nogales, Mexico, Monday, March 25, 2024. Emergency crews are working to contain wildfires burning across parts of the High Mountains area in Veracruz state. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Forest fires burn in nearly half of Mexico’s drought-stricken states, fueled by strong winds

Associated Press

Pilot Rock rises into the clouds in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument near Lincoln, Ore., July 6, 2000. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, a remote expanse of wilderness along the California-Oregon border, will not lose any of its acreage after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 25, 2024, declined to take up two challenges to its expansion. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard, File)

National monument on California-Oregon border will remain intact after surviving legal challenge

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A sign markss he Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, March 6, 2014, near Carlsbad, N.M. Top officials gathered Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation’s only underground repository for radioactive waste resulting from decades of nuclear research and bomb making. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

New Mexico regulators worry about U.S. plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas

Associated Press

This image provided by Ball Horticultural Company shows stalks of "Jersey Knight" asparagus. (Ball Horticultural Company via AP)

Not all vegetables are annuals. Here are some that come back year after year

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A view of the Ultium Cell factory in Warren, Ohio, July 7, 2023. China says it has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization over US subsidies for electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

China to challenge Biden’s electric vehicle plans at the WTO

Associated Press

A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md. The ship rammed into the major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to collapse in a matter of seconds and creating a terrifying scene as several vehicles plunged into the chilly river below. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Live updates | Governor: Ship reported losing power just before crash

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Visitors to the financial district walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

BlackRock’s Larry Fink ditches ESG for ‘energy pragmatism’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times