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Here’s the only explainer on California drought you need
What's up with the Colorado River? What are my water rights? Should I feel guilty about almonds? Answers to these questions and more.
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These lovely, innocent wildflowers are slowly dying. Thanks, climate change!
Flowers are losing species diversity as winters get warmer and drier, according to a new study.
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What will happen to a sinking California? Just ask San Luis Obispo
An overdependence on groundwater is costing millions of dollars in damage in the idyllic coastal town.
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This chart will silence your friends who make excuses for climate change
You know all those other explanations for climate change? A brilliant infographic shows how lame they actually are.
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Why the bee crisis isn’t as bad as you think (but still matters)
Bees aren't vanishing, but their troubles can offer clues to long-term problems in our agricultural system.
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The forecast for the next century? Scary with a chance of dying
Wait just one second: Is this a study that focuses on the actual, meaningful impacts that climate change will have on the lives of humans?
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This short film narrated by Carl Sagan will give you shivers
A three-minute film could make you feel a little more optimistic about the future.
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The “secret science committee” behind the pope’s encyclical
The Pontifical Academy is the "400-year-old collective ... that operates as the pope’s eyes and ears on the natural world."
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The pope’s climate change encyclical, in tweets
The pontiff is tweeting up a storm about his new climate change encyclical.
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China built a giant solar field in a desert
From space, China's massive new solar farm is an impressive sight.
