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It’s raining on Greenland’s ice sheet. That’s a big problem.
Rainstorms are now driving nearly one-third of the frozen island’s rapid melt.
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Our planet just set a scary new carbon dioxide record
Earth’s carbon dioxide levels typically peak in May.
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Nearly all tornadoes are survivable, so why are people still dying?
The devastation in Alabama's Lee County isn’t just a weather disaster; it’s a failure of society.
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Your weather tweets are showing your climate amnesia
A database of 2 billion tweets shows people get so used to weather extremes they might stop noticing them. That's bad for action on climate change.
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If climate change makes the clouds disappear, we’re screwed
Carbon dioxide emissions could mean blue skies. That's not a good thing.
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Atlantic City can’t afford to roll the dice on sea-level rise
With more frequent floods, many East Coast cities are looking at becoming the next Atlantis.
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Paris Agreement has gone up in smoke, new paper says
If you're reading this it's too late. Tra-la!
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![A fan cools down during the Australian Open in January.]()
![A fan cools down during the Australian Open in January.]()
The results are in, and January was one of the warmest in all of recorded history
It’s the latest evidence that we have left the bounds of “normal” weather on a “normal” planet.
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Scientist who resisted censorship of climate report lost her job
Climate change scientist Maria Caffrey led a trailblazing study outlining the risks of rising seas at national parks.
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It’s official: El Niño is back. Now what?
Don’t let the mild winter fool you -- a spike in global temperatures could be coming soon.
