Climate variability and change
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arcticresearch
A Striking Satellite Image Shows a Major Greenland Meltdown
Turquoise, pale grey, and sapphire streaks stand out against a dark taupe, earthen background in a satellite image from the…
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art of the upper paleolithic
40,000-Year-Old Rock Art Is Being Destroyed by Climate Change
The climate crisis has taken so much away from us that we’ll never get back: people, places, wildlife, even languages.…
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air pollution
Natural Gas Is Now More Deadly Than Coal in 19 States
In 2017, natural gas emissions—including those from buildings—were responsible for more premature deaths than emissions from coal in New York…
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antarctica
Climate Change Has Knocked Earth Off Its Axis
A 3D portrait of methane concentrations and a slightly wobblier Earth. Image: NASA Of all the things attributable to climate…
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atmosphere of earth
Some 420 Climate Facts to Consider on 4/20
Bring back these big dudes!Photo: Seth Perlman (AP) We finally did it—we’ve hit 420! Parts per million, that is. Not…
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amazon
How Big Meat Is Funding Climate Denial and Polluting the Planet
A worker processes cuts of beef.Photo: Nati Harnik (AP) Move over, Big Oil, and make some room for Big Meat…
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articles
Climate Change Is Killing Butterflies in the American West
A butterfly sits atop a flower in Los Angeles, California, July 9, 2008.Photo: Gabriel Bouys (Getty Images) Butterflies play essential…
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abrupt climate change
A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse
Photo: David Goldman (AP) The ocean may have less time than we thought before massive, irreversible shifts take place. A…
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