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Rising heat and drought may spur bacteria to exchange antibiotic resistance genes, with potential risks to human health.

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A new report from the American Academy of Microbiology examines how attribution science is measuring the infectious disease burden caused by climate change.

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On Friday, a body that advises US judges revised the document it created to help judges grapple with scientific issues. The move came after a group of Republican state attorneys general wrote a letter ...

By now, Canadians should have a portal where they can learn their personal flood risk by entering their address. But that ...

The ditching of the most apocalyptic global warming forecast is proof science is never settled, a climate analyst has said.

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