Travel and research by scientists with NASA, NOAA and the EPA is being impacted
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Greenland Has Yet Another Methane Leak
As the Arctic warms, melting glaciers could be an underestimated source of the potent greenhouse gas
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Who You Gonna Call? The Firebusters!
An international team of teens is working on ways to fight wildfires made worse by climate change
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5 New Governors to Watch on Climate
From California to Florida, these state leaders could have major influence on U.S. climate policy
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Turn Xmas Tree Into Food and Medicine
Pine needles can easily be broken down into sugars, as well as the building blocks of paint, adhesives and medicines. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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The Next Climate Frontier: Predicting a Complex Domino Effect
Motivated by events like Hurricane Harvey, researchers are trying to determine how climate change interacts with agriculture, energy, transportation and other human systems
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Reduced Snow Pack Could Alter Crystal-Clear Mountain Lakes
Changes in phytoplankton growth, and nutrients, could affect famous mirror-like clarity
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Major Funding Pledges Won’t Close the Clean Energy Investment Gap
A crucial strategy for fighting climate change continues to come up short
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Thinking about Climate on a Dark, Dismal Morning
Hope is the knowledge that we can prevent bad things—but also the realization that we might choose not to
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Western Drought Ranks among the Worst of the Last Millennium
As temperatures warm, it becomes more likely the drought will match past “megadroughts” for length as well
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Incoming Democrat Wants to Make Climate a 2020 Election Issue
California Representative-elect, Mike Levin, thinks climate can rally voters in the next presidential race
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Arctic Lakes Are Vanishing by the Hundreds
Warming temperatures may be causing tundra ponds to evaporate or drain into thawing permafrost
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U.N. Talks Deliver a “Fragile Balance” on Paris Climate Rules
The 156-page “rulebook” governs how nations will achieve their pledged emissions reductions
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Dark Days
A science writer struggles to stay upbeat in a troubled time
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Big-Boned Chickens May Be Humans’ Geologic Legacy
Millions of years from now, the geologic record of the ‘Anthropocene’ will be littered with plastics, yes, but also chicken bones. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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People Living on Mountains Face Avalanche of Climate Risks
As higher elevations warm, melting glaciers and disappearing snow will create major challenges
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The Arctic Is Breaking Climate Records, Altering Weather Worldwide
The Arctic climate is shattering record after record, altering weather worldwide
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Five Years of Record Warmth Intensify Arctic’s Transformation
Sea ice is the thinnest it’s been at any time in the last 30 years, and wild reindeer and caribou populations continue to decline
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Extreme Events “Virtually Impossible” Without Warming
Marine heatwaves, drought and heavy rains in 2017 all bore the fingerprints of climate change
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How Should You Talk to Policymakers about Climate Change?
Nobody knows for sure what the most effective strategy is, but I have a few ideas
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