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Droughts are hitting cattle ranchers hard — and that could make beef more expensive
Severe drought is forcing some ranchers to send cattle to slaughter early. That's sparked a temporary glut in beef that's leading to lower prices, but it won't last.
Photos: Greenland's melting Arctic ice
These photographs by Kerem Yücel, MPR News' senior visual journalist, were captured during research missions carried out by NASA and Texas University scientists in Greenland.
Data centers, backbone of the digital economy, face water scarcity and climate risk
About 20 percent of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.
Homelessness is aggravating harm caused by the Phoenix heat, medical personnel say
Phoenix gets more triple-digit temperatures than any other major U.S. city, and heat deaths have more than quadrupled since 2015, records show. Officials say it's because of homelessness.