Latest Climate Change Stories
A ‘season of simmering’: This summer’s 3-month streak was hottest ever recorded
Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?
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Martha Bebinger/KFF Health News
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Scientists are using AI to track coal train dust
Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat
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Srinivas Garimella and Matthew T. Hughes/The Conversation
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Maine’s puffins show another year of remarkable resiliency
There’s one nasty wildfire pollutant we’ve been ignoring
What’s the most sustainable way to mine the largest known lithium deposit in the world?
Category 3 Hurricane Idalia makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast
The Pacific heat blob’s aftereffects are still warping ocean ecosystems
Farmers are breeding heat-resistant cows
Seafarers are unknowingly working with oil smugglers
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Nathaniel Peutherer/Hakai Magazine
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Why olive oil is getting more expensive
‘Forever chemicals’ detected in paper and plastic straws
Emperor penguins suffer ‘unprecedented’ breeding failure as sea ice disappears
Inside the fight to reclaim California’s biggest freshwater lake from algae
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Tien Nguyen/Knowable Magazine
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Ancient Egyptian ‘air conditioning’ could help cool modern buildings
Some Pacific coral reefs can keep pace with a warming ocean
The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from a historic heatwave
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Michael Childress/The Conversation
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Titanium dioxide-coated mesh can purify contaminated fog
Canadian territory capital ordered to evacuate due to approaching wildfire
Extreme heat could be a threat to contraception
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Shefali Luthra/The 19th
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The US is investing more than $1 billion in carbon capture, but big oil is still involved
Judge sides with youth activists in groundbreaking climate change lawsuit
The health hazards from wildfires will linger in Maui for years
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Andrew J. Whelton/The Conversation
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Combining AI and traditional methods can help us predict air quality
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Joshua S. Fu/The Conversation
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Federal study links testicular cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’ for the first time
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Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime/KFF Health News
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Hurricane-powered wildfires sweep across Maui
Would a massive shade between Earth and the sun help slow climate change?
Solar power helps keep Europe’s grid reliable in historic heat
Antarctica is in the climate change crosshairs
Why your favorite beach might be eroding
Shared e-scooters can be sustainable—but there’s a catch
In water-strained Utah, can golf courses justify their giant footprint?
As oceans become more acidic, creatures could struggle to smell
Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think.
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Harvin Bhathal/Grist
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How the trash jar went from inspirational to elitist
6 tick-borne diseases you really don’t want to get
July 2023 was likely the hottest month in 120,000 years
Recently awoken 46,000-year-old nematodes already have 100 generations of babies
7 automakers team up to cover the US and Canada with fast EV chargers
An Israeli wind project draws scrutiny on turbines and people’s health
Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degrees
July’s extreme heat waves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
How ‘underground climate change’ affects life on the Earth’s surface
Amazon might finally be cutting down on plastic waste
Turning plastic waste into streets faces roadblocks
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James Bruggers/Inside Climate News
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US climate efforts look promising, but there’s more to do
Greenland’s ice sheets aren’t as old—or as resilient—as scientists expected
For decades, turmeric’s ultra-golden glow had a deadly secret
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Wudan Yan/Undark
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This art installation will tell time and produce solar energy
This fungi-based substance might protect homes from ever-worsening wildfires
No guts left behind: Iceland’s quest to repurpose fish waste
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Lela Nargi/Hakai Magazine
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The most sustainable phone on the market is the one in your pocket
An American start-up claims it just set a geothermal energy record
A cap on ‘luxury’ emissions could make a clean energy transition fairer
Hungry green sea turtles have eaten in the same seagrass meadows for about 3,000 years
Extreme heat warning extends to more than 100 million people in the US
EPA plan to eliminate lead in buildings could help half a million young children
How climate change is pushing oxygen out of the world’s oceans
Scientists say the ocean is changing color—and it’s probably our fault
Dangerous inland flooding will last for days in some Northeast states
How energy from waves might simplify desalination
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Becki Robins/Hakai Magazine
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Are ‘mother trees’ real?
AI’s climate consequences are often overlooked