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Climate Change
In 2018, Alaska’s Bering Sea was all out of whack.
![Wildfire from above](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/14/GQ3CVHPFG4YML66JGEBIQ3BBQI.jpg?w=800)
Environment
We need to talk about extreme weather
![Cloudy solar panels smog energy](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/11/6NCYYOBOKDCVWNO46K2OTOAPJ4.jpg?w=826)
Climate Change
Air pollution is choking solar energy around the world
![permafrost layers](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/11/KC45SYC6HKC3GYHNSSKGFP7ZXE.jpg?w=600)
Climate Change
Earth’s cold storage is melting. Here’s what’s oozing out.
![Gribble me this: What eats wood and poops clean energy?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/10/5XPQEJRKXJK26NQ2JOBVAEE34U.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
Gribble me this: What eats wood and poops clean energy?
![country dramatic sunset red](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/10/QKOPUFKJMVV7JE2YNBCV2FILFQ.jpg?w=675)
Environment
What gives a sunset its color?
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Climate Change
Greenland is melting much faster than we thought
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Environment
SatPaq is Your Lifeline When Off the Grid
![Black truffles are in trouble](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/06/CDTFUQREUSGJADGN72F2FROQFQ.jpg?w=538)
Climate Change
Black truffles are in trouble
![The surprising link between balmy winters and violent crime](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/06/K2CQ65IYI5B4MR5DSZMZPV34MQ.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
The surprising link between balmy winters and violent crime
![What the new climate report says about where you live](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/06/MDECIS63JWRUYVSSYE3D62TEGM.jpg?w=676)
Climate Change
What the new climate report says about where you live
![Hurricanes are doing more damage and it’s our own fault](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/06/FNDDABYLBVIVEBUGLRDV237GVM.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
Hurricanes are doing more damage and it’s our own fault
![california fires five year infographic](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/B44UHRDFUQ76CAQKXO7UGMJIX4.png?w=378)
Climate Change
See how much of California has burned in the last five years
![Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/AZHX27I77DGT7QKO33SBGQOGVY.jpg?w=563)
Climate Change
Air pollution might make it harder to get pregnant
![Wildfires can hurt you from miles away](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/64AOFR6KAXTWPA2UIYZ2ZLZKSM.jpg?w=563)
Environment
Wildfires can hurt you from miles away
![forest fire fight](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/18/MZRWSGHSPQVTKPHTSN3FRU4JZA.jpg?w=675)
Environment
California’s forest management isn’t the problem
![Do plants poop?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/XBNBTNAF4WZKKOIHF3TCWJUGDU.jpg?w=675)
Environment
Do plants poop?
![Lyme disease is thriving thanks to climate change](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/OA4IHW3DSFZDBCGSDL5S522NGI.jpg?w=774)
Climate Change