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Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight, due in part to climate change
The clock, a symbol created in 1947 to represent humankind’s proximity to global catastrophe, is now just 100 seconds to midnight for the first time ever.
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Fertilizer feeds humanity — and it’s destroying the Gulf of Mexico
How can we slow down a pollutant we depend on for survival?
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6 charts break down 2019, the second-hottest year on record
The heat was particularly dramatic in Alaska and the Southeast.
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The Philippines volcanic eruption is harming public health, but not the climate — yet
Amid all the bright lava and towering ash plumes, it’s easy to overlook that volcanic eruptions can dramatically affect air quality.
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California could meet its 2030 climate goals — but it would mean saving money
A new report lays out the ways the Golden State could have its climate cake and eat it, too.
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Here are the environmental justice stories to watch in 2020
This year promises to foreground efforts to hold the government accountable for the unequal impacts of pollution, climate change, and extreme weather.
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Is climate change showing up in the daily weather forecast? It’s complicated.
Averaged across the whole planet, climate and weather have become more aligned, but locally the two are still very much two separate things.
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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change.
The fires, which have been burning for months and could rage on for months to come, are impacting the earth’s climate in several ways.
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It’s not just Australia — Indonesia is facing its own climate disaster
The communities most vulnerable to flooding are those living in poor neighborhoods, especially slums located near wastewater, which can spread pathogens when combined with flooding.
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The climate policy milestone that was buried in the 2020 budget
This is the first time the government has funded research into schemes to engineer the climate.
