A blizzard with brutally cold temperatures hit Iowa and neighboring states on Jan. 12, 2024.
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The world can expect fewer severe cold events as average temperatures rise, but people still need to be prepared for wintery blasts.
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Go vegan for cleaner air and a smaller food bill.
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Even a small rise in sea level can have big impacts on coastal properties, so we must do all we can to limit the changes while taking them into account in coastal land-use planning.
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To date, the effects of climate change on global rainfall has been uncertain. New research overcomes this uncertainty – with alarming results.
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Sometimes when taking these actions, however, carbon storage is prioritised at the expense of biodiversity. But that need not be the case.
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Cutting wealth inequality could curb the super-rich’s disproportionate share of emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation contribute to climate change.
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Ghana needs strong political will to enhance its climate change regulation.
Producing concrete blocks with captured carbon, like these in Brooklyn, NY., has both economic and climate benefits.
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The combination of the source of the CO₂ and its end use determines its environmental and economic benefits or consequences.
A residential area destroyed by wildfires is shown in Enterprise, N.W.T. on Oct. 11, 2023.
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Canada, and particularly the Canadian Arctic, is warming at a considerably higher rate than the global average. The consequences for Canada could be devastating.
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The tournament has proven to be very resilient throughout its history, but its greatest challenges may lie ahead.
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Modular building techniques offer sustainable, affordable and adaptable solutions for a rapidly changing world.
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By and large, corporations who prepared themselves for new sustainability standards were more eloquent on their green plans than achievements.
Sunrise on Lake Michigan, US during a heatwave. August 2023.
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From bleached corals to deadly heatwaves.
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The impacts of record heat on the global water cycle were severe and wide-ranging – and the trend will continue in 2024.
Flooding on the River Ouse, near York. January 4 2024.
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On one stretch of Nottingham’s River Trent, floods that arrived every 50 years now return in ten.
A worker lifts a solar panel to the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky. Small-scale solar infrastructure can deliver green energy at a fraction of the life-cycle emissions as large solar farms.
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Looking to go solar? While small-scale solar delivers the best results with the least life-cycle impact, a mixed approach offers the best long-term path towards an all-electric future.
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A heatwave in 2022 redefined scientific expectations of the Antarctic climate. Now the global community must prepare for what a warmer world may bring.
Flood water filled streets in downtown Montpelier, Vt., on July 11, 2023.
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An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
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Scientists are still trying to puzzle out strange oscillations in plant root genes,
The adaptations that polar bears will have to make to meet the challenges brought about by climate change are numerous and unpredictable.
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Researchers have made a fascinating observation: a polar bear used a diving hunting technique, never before reported, to capture large moulting snow geese.