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![A globe with a miniature Eiffel Tower and the 1.5-degree target on it.]()
![A globe with a miniature Eiffel Tower and the 1.5-degree target on it.]()
The world is careening toward 3 degrees of warming, UN says ahead of climate conference
A new U.N. report sets the stage for high-stakes negotiations at COP28 this month.
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![Map of United States showing region-specific climate impacts across the country]()
![Map of United States showing region-specific climate impacts across the country]()
How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.
The U.S. government's most comprehensive report on the effects of climate change details challenges for every part of the country.
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![Map of United States showing region-specific climate solutions across the country]()
![Map of United States showing region-specific climate solutions across the country]()
Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.
The National Climate Assessment makes clear we've got a lot of work to do. These cities and states are leading the way.
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![A firefighter monitors a controlled burn at Bouverie Preserve on May 30, 2017 in Glen Ellen, California.]()
![A firefighter monitors a controlled burn at Bouverie Preserve on May 30, 2017 in Glen Ellen, California.]()
Controlled burns can provide years of protection against wildfires, new study shows
New research finds that "beneficial" fires can cut the risk of high intensity blazes by 64 percent.
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![Fire Weather book cover and author John Valliant headshot]()
![Fire Weather book cover and author John Valliant headshot]()
What Canada’s most expensive disaster ever teaches us about climate change
The author of "Fire Weather," a National Book Award finalist, on the unimaginable reality of disaster.
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![Ominous offshore oil rig with jagged rocks in foreground]()
![Ominous offshore oil rig with jagged rocks in foreground]()
The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.
A new study led by James Hansen estimates we'll hit the 1.5 degrees Celsius target earlier than predicted.
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![Photo of an excavator pouring a large volume of salt]()
![Photo of an excavator pouring a large volume of salt]()
Earth is getting extra salty, an ‘existential threat’ to freshwater supplies
Salt can contaminate aquifers, corrode pipes, and accelerate snowmelt.
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![Two human hands touch a cluster of bur oak leaves.]()
![Two human hands touch a cluster of bur oak leaves.]()
To understand the future of forests in the warming world, look to the bur oak
That's what scientists are doing in a multistate investigation into climate change migration.
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The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
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![illustration of person with hair in bun from behind, wiping large sweat droplets off the back of their neck]()
![illustration of person with hair in bun from behind, wiping large sweat droplets off the back of their neck]()
Will sweat help us survive climate change?
It's gross. It's sticky. And it's already saved your life.
