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![Illustration: Silhouette of the Great Lakes as a puddle with water droplets]()
![Illustration: Silhouette of the Great Lakes as a puddle with water droplets]()
It’s raining ‘forever chemicals’ in the Great Lakes
Scientists found high levels of PFAS in raindrops across several states.
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![The shadow of a tick appears on a green leaf.]()
![The shadow of a tick appears on a green leaf.]()
It’s not just your imagination — ticks are out of control this year
Here's why, and what climate change has to do with it.
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![Alaska fire heatwave helicopter]()
![Alaska fire heatwave helicopter]()
A zombie-fire outbreak may be growing in the North
“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.
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![heat waves blurr power lines and hills]()
![heat waves blurr power lines and hills]()
How many people has climate change killed already?
A first-of-its-kind study says hotter temperatures have already killed thousands.
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![An old mining cart with cell phones, an electric car, and wind turbines inside of it]()
![An old mining cart with cell phones, an electric car, and wind turbines inside of it]()
The plan to turn coal country into a rare earth powerhouse
With plans for a Made-in-America renewable energy transformation, Biden administration ramps up efforts to extract rare earth minerals from coal waste.
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![Sitka Spruce North Doddington England]()
![Sitka Spruce North Doddington England]()
Trials to suck carbon dioxide from the air to start across the UK
A major $42.5 million project will test trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal as ways of removing climate-heating emissions.
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Seed the North: Fighting climate change, one sprout at a time
Can an innovative approach to reforestation take root in British Columbia?
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![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
Mexico City could sink up to 65 feet
Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting — and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year.
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![Photograph of the skyline of New York City and the Hudson River as Hurricane Sandy approaches]()
![Photograph of the skyline of New York City and the Hudson River as Hurricane Sandy approaches]()
Study: Climate change to blame for $8 billion of Hurricane Sandy damages
A decade on, scientists find rising seas pushed flooding into the homes of 71,000 more people.
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![A person is pouring a barrel of oil into layers of soil, representing the carbon removal work of Charm.]()
![A person is pouring a barrel of oil into layers of soil, representing the carbon removal work of Charm.]()
Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change
How Charm Industrial became a go-to in Big Tech's mission to offset its carbon footprint.
