Environment

Learn what threatens the future of the planet —and how you can do your part to protect it.

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Videos

Over the next 83 years, climate change's cascading effects will force U.S. residents inward, upward, and away from newly uninhabitable areas.

Everyone loves a good lightning show, but there's an entire display above those billowing clouds that you are probably missing.