Climate Climate & Energy
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Retreating from rising seas isn’t a win or a defeat — it’s reality
“These changes will happen whether we like it or not."
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Amazon fires: Satellite images show what’s happening in Brazil
Satellite company Planet provides near real-time views of the devastation in the rainforest.
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Here’s how we solve the planet’s food waste problem
How changing the contents of your fridge could fight the climate crisis.
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Wait, melting glaciers are helping capture carbon?
If you were looking for a way out of our impending climate doom, however, this ain’t it.
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In Detroit, ‘revolutionary’ mapping could help residents with asthma
As the forest moves back in, pollen is on the rise in Detroit.
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Who will pay for the huge costs of holding back rising seas?
From Boston to Miami, government officials are only beginning to grasp the enormous expense that will be required.
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Can the ‘masters of the flood’ help Texas protect its coast from hurricanes?
Dutch flood-control experts are helping Texas design what would become the nation’s most ambitious (and expensive) coastal barrier.
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Burn. Build. Repeat: Why our wildfire policy is so deadly
Welcome to California’s endless cycle of destruction.
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Alaska, barren of sea ice, saw its hottest July in 125 years
The heat helped spur wildfires that shrouded much of the state in smoke.
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A hot planet threatens food and water more than realized, IPCC says
The report's authors warn of "very high risks" of food system instability with 2 degrees C of global warming.