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![A collage consisting of two photos, an inner photo and an outer photo that appears like a frame. The inner photo is a desert summer monsoon scene. The outer photo is a summer lake.]()
![A collage consisting of two photos, an inner photo and an outer photo that appears like a frame. The inner photo is a desert summer monsoon scene. The outer photo is a summer lake.]()
The summer we love is slipping away
From the Southwest to the Jersey shore, climate change is altering the traditions and norms that have defined summer for generations.
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![The sun shines over an icy mountain glacier, with a few researchers sitting on a grassy hill in the foreground]()
Fiber optic cables reveal ‘icequakes’ in endangered glaciers
The technology could help create an early-warning system for changes in ice stability.
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![A vintage photograph of women from the 1970s wearing polyester outfits. Their faces are covered by cut outs of clothing wash instructions. The entire scene is inside of a phone outline]()
![A vintage photograph of women from the 1970s wearing polyester outfits. Their faces are covered by cut outs of clothing wash instructions. The entire scene is inside of a phone outline]()
Gen Z is using ‘polyester’ as an insult. It’s actually a throwback.
Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake.
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Michigan invests $7.5M to find out if it’s sitting on a clean energy gold mine
The funding will go toward researching geologic hydrogen, a carbon-free energy source buried beneath the state that could clean up heavy-emitting industries like transportation.
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When plastic companies write the lesson plans
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.
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When ocean temperatures increase, so does child malnutrition on land
Researchers are just discovering this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.
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![New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes an announcement at a food distribution center in Brooklyn]()
![New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes an announcement at a food distribution center in Brooklyn]()
Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?
The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.
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West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change
Adam Kalkstein compared the administration’s order to trying to teach the law without mentioning the Constitution.
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How rising temperatures likely contributed to Nepal’s deadly flood
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
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Nevada preached peace on the Colorado River. Now it’s suing to protect its water.
The state’s lawsuit claims the federal government’s plan for the river could strip Las Vegas of two-thirds of its water supply.
