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Fears for seabirds as global warming affects coastline
A new study warns of a threat to U.K. wildlife as rising sea levels and changing weather patterns transform coastlines.
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Is climate change humanity’s greatest-ever risk management failure?
Humans are very good at managing risks, except when it comes to the greatest risk we've faced -- climate change.
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Is Al Jazeera America going to change the way networks cover climate change?
On its first day of broadcasting, Al Jazeera America devoted 30 minutes to climate change.
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The larger the city, the more it pollutes, right?
NASA tries to answer the question.
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7 adorable animals imperiled by the Keystone XL pipeline
The Interior Department says that, contrary to State Department findings, the pipeline could wreak havoc on wildlife along its proposed route.
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By 2050, flooding could cost the world’s coastal cities over $60 billion a year
That’s only if cities make significant investments to mitigate risk. If we do nothing, flooding costs could soar to $1 trillion.
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Climate change and “environmental journalism”
Climate change is not an "environmental problem" and it can't be adequately covered by the shrinking ranks of environmental journalists.
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6 mind-boggling facts about farms in China
China's industrial behemoth hasn't just fouled up the vast nation's water; it's also taken a big bite out of its land.
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Rising Temperature, Rising Food Prices
By Lester R. Brown Agriculture as it exists today developed over 11,000 years of rather remarkable climate stability. It has evolved to maximize production within that climate system. Now, suddenly, the climate is changing. With each passing year, the agricultural system is becoming more out of sync with the climate system. In generations past, when […]
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California’s unusual plan to cut greenhouse gases
Here's how the Bay Area, Sacramento, and San Diego are cutting greenhouse gases in response to S.B. 375.