Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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One of the awful things about a nuclear meltdown could be the traffic
A new report warns that a nuclear accident could prompt people to get in their cars and try to escape even if they're outside the official evacuation zone, causing mega traffic jams.
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Did climate change cause the epic Great Plains drought?
A report from NOAA finds that last year's drought in the central U.S. was just a freak weather event, but at least one respected climate scientist disagrees.
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Fracking for uranium, first accidentally, and now on purpose
Fracking can release uranium from shale. Pennsylvania is poised to study the issue, and the uranium industry is poised to exploit it.
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Oceans are absorbing excess heat, for now
Climate change is disproportionately warming the oceans, but scientists warn that this trend won't keep landlubbers cool forever.