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![Person in a dark room watering a houseplant with a beam of light. Illustrated.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/28/Garden_17_1.jpg?w=800)
How to grow plants in the dark
![A mangrove tree in Florida to represent blue carbon and the ocean's power to fight climate change](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/17/Depositphotos_271721212_XL-scaled-e1681748021532.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
Blue carbon is a natural climate solution with big potential
![What happens when a tree dies?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/My-project-2023-04-14T134450.455.jpg?w=800)
Biology
What happens when a tree dies?
![Satellite image of the powerful eruption.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-11.03.44-AM.png?w=705)
Engineering
How the Tonga eruption rang Earth ‘like a bell’
![Planes sit at their gates after the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was closed due to the runways being flooded on April 13, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The heavy rain caused flooding as the region recorded rainfall totals of more than a foot.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/FloridaAirportFlood.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Southern Florida got 26 inches of rain in 24 hours
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Environment
The best meat alternatives
![Ocean waves crashing on rocky shoreline on cloudy day.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/10/Depositphotos_156124040_XL.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Pendulums under ocean waves could prevent beach erosion
![How big banks can make real progress against climate change](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/10/My-project-2023-04-10T123045.112.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
How big banks can make real progress against climate change
![Astronaut Buzz Aldrin photographed on the moon during Apollo 11 by Neil Armstrong](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/07/337294main_pg62_as11-40-5903_full-scaled-e1680901415994.jpeg?w=620)
Conservation
Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity
![Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning at Fenway Park on September 13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/06/JudgeHomeRun.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Hotter weather could be changing baseball
![Icebergs over the ocean in Greenland.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/06/Glaciers.png?w=800)
Climate Change
Antarctic ice can melt 20 times faster than we thought
![Why snails and slugs are so slow](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/04/My-project-2023-04-04T135031.002.jpg?w=800)
Animals
Why snails and slugs are so slow
![A lineup of the best solar panels on a white background](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/08/best-solar-panels-featured-image.jpg?w=692)
Energy