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Wildfires Disappearing Forests Takeaways
Maddie Wilson uses a compass to locate a test plot of seedlings Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Bellvue, Colo., at the site of the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

All-formats team shows forests failing to regenerate after severe wildfires 

OCT. 4, 2024

APTOPIX Climate Migration Alaska Village
Charles Alexie stands along the coastal erosion that has eaten away at the riverbanks on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Newtok, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Persistence was key to compelling package on Alaska village forced to relocate due to climate change

OCT. 4, 2024

APTOPIX Climate Canada Beluga Whales
A beluga whale swims behind a boat through the Churchill River, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Spotlights

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

OCT. 3, 2024

Clilmate Drag Show
Pattie Gonia performs at the "Save Her! Environmental Drag Show" during Climate Week, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

Spotlights

Drag queen Pattie Gonia aims to give the climate movement a makeover with joy and laughter

SEPT. 27, 2024

APTOPIX Climate Canada Ecosystem Outlook
A polar bear nurses her cub, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Spotlights

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

SEPT. 24, 2024

Climate Solution Ammonia Ship
A worker stands near the NH3 Kraken, a tugboat powered by ammonia, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Kingston, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

Spotlights

Tugboat powered by ammonia sails for the first time, showing how to cut emissions from shipping

SEPT. 23, 2024

Zimbabwe Tree of Life
The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

Spotlights

An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ but local harvesters are barely surviving

SEPT. 18, 2024

Lithium Drilling Arizona Tribe
Zoe Perry, left, and Loveena Watahomiegie, right, as they join other members of the Hualapai Tribe while marching in front of U.S. District Court as they gathered to try to persuade a federal judge to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near tribal lands Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Spotlights

US judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling

SEPT. 18, 2024

Climate Amazon Indigenous Reforestation
An Ashaninka Indigenous man applies face paint during the annual celebration recognizing the Ashaninka territory in the Apiwtxa village, Acre state, Brazil, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Spotlights

The Amazon’s Ashaninka tribe restored their territory. Now they aim to change the region

SEPT. 12, 2024

Michael Hanchor
Shoshone-Paiute tribal member Michael Hanchor visits his mother’s grave, March 15, 2024, in Owyhee, Nev., on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation that straddles the Nevada-Idaho border. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Spotlights

A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?

SEPT. 10, 2024

Climate Heat Running Weather
A runner grabs a cup of water at the 3-mile mark in the Falmouth Road Race, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Falmouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP explains how climate change can make even running deadly

SEPT. 6, 2024

Mobile Tensaw Delta
Downtown Mobile, Ala., is visible from the Mobile–Tensaw Delta, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP team shows how conservation efforts of ecologically rich Alabama delta could become a model for protecting key environmental areas

AUG. 23, 2024

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