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U.S. and China pledge city and state climate action
The next step in the two superpowers' climate partnership is getting cities and states to step up their green game.
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You don’t even wanna know what happens if we burn all the fossil fuels
But it involves no more Antarctic ice and WAY more ocean.
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New York’s natural gas pipelines are leakier than your grandpa
Old infrastructure is spewing a greenhouse gas all over Manhattan.
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This drought is so bad that even Seattle is running out of water
Climate changes spell bad news for this famously wet city.
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A surprising link between superintelligent robots, global warming, and mass extinction? Nope, not really
It takes a lot of scientific stretching to suggest robots will rise from the ashes of climate change. But apparently this is an argument.
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Climate change will destroy the planet’s circulatory system
You never thought you cared so much about ocean currents ... until now! Two new studies suggest that melting ice sheets could disrupt the oceans' flow.
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High temperatures linger over the U.S.
It's after Labor Day, but some parts of the United States are still experiencing record heat.
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You owe the world $12,000 for burning all those fossil fuels
A new study calculates countries' carbon debts.
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Did Mayan deforestation change the climate?
A new review illustrates the environmental impacts of the pre-Columbian Mayans.
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Climate change will cause the death of one Earth and the birth of another
What this new world will look like, exactly, is impossible to predict, and humans aren’t guaranteed to survive in it.
