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And other alarming details from the city's latest climate change report.

John Metcalfe Cities

This is a handy new tool for scientists, and a mesmerizing screensaver for the rest of us.

Amelia Urry Climate & Energy

You don’t have to look 85 years into the future to see what a warming world looks like -- you only need to look as far as Miami.

Neel V. Patel Cities

The leaders of the country’s three major parties signed a joint pledge to aggressively fight climate change and phase out the use of coal.

Ben Adler Politics

Sure, government swindlers and food stamp fraudsters are alarming. But we're catching a lot of them -- and, often, getting the money back.

Nathanael Johnson Technology

Scientists ranked humanity's worst existential threats, and guess who's at the top of the list? Our old pal, extreme climate change.

Amelia Urry Technology

Scientists recently flew through the thick of the wet and wild Pineapple Express on an airplane called Miss Piggy. Top that, Kermie.

Suzanne Jacobs Climate & Energy

Two tanker trains full of crude oil have derailed and burst into flames recently, one in West Virginia and one in Ontario.

John Light Technology

Watch Michelle Obama and Big Bird compete on a bizarre game show -- all to get kids to eat more vegetables.

Liz Core Culture

In the geoengineering debate, "just research" is the default position of Serious People. But it's more problematic than they acknowledge.

David Roberts Technology

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