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It’s a wonderful life for the solar industry right now
Solar was facing a rough end to 2015 -- until Paris, Wall Street, and Congress gave it a Christmas miracle.
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The planet might be telling us that there’s a big change coming
Since we're in the midst of another abrupt climatic shift right now, it just might be the critical time to heed our planet's red flags.
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How will Midwest farmers prepare for the impact of climate change?
Researchers predict that the Midwest's corn and soybean yields could fall 25 percent by 2050.
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Climate change is coming for the Southwest’s forests
The majority of the Southwest's needleleaf evergreen trees will disappear by 2050, according to a new study.
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Could the Paris Agreement mean that half of all coal will go unmined?
A new Bank of America analysis argues that new carbon initiatives could help spell the end of coal, but the story is more complicated.
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A 19th-century glimpse of nature and a changing climate
John Ruskin’s warnings about a “plague-wind” in 1871 offer one way of looking at the Paris deal.
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Surprise! The Paris climate agreement is in your house
Allow us to break down a pretty complicated Paris climate deal for you -- using everyday household objects.
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Don’t freak out, but we might be geoengineering with contrails
Researchers say the icy haze left by airplanes can scatter sunlight on its way to Earth.
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Is climate change on the hook for this wacky December weather?
No, but El Niño and the Arctic oscillation are looking pretty guilty.