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How the melting Arctic could spread invasive species far and wide
Global warming has opened up the Northwest Passage to shipping, which could mean that invasive species have an easier time hopping from port to port.
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Do you know better than a scientist? No — here’s why
Harry Collins, a founder of the field of "science studies," explains why we should listen to scientists on climate change, vaccines, and HIV-AIDS.
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Republicans confirm they don’t know squat about science
GOP politicians are using a new tactic as they fight climate action: playing dumb.
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Syria’s climate-fueled conflict, in one stunning comic strip
How climate change helped spark a bloody civil war.
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Thanks to coal, U.S. CO2 emissions are up. Good thing Obama’s about to regulate coal plants.
A five-year decline in U.S. CO2 emissions is over, and the main culprit is increased coal burning.
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Can hungry microbes save the world’s imperiled frogs?
They may be small, but they're ruthless, and they're out to get the fungus that is killing amphibians the world over.
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The senator and the moose: Whitehouse makes the climate case in New Hampshire
Rhode Island's Senator Who Cares About Climate goes on a fact-finding mission to the Granite State -- and finds it's all about the moose.
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Beetles and climate change helped create this huge wildfire in Alaska
A megafire broke out this week along Alaska's southern coast, which could be a sign of what's to come for the warming state.
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Obama’s foreign policy doctrine includes climate action
In his speech, he made a brief call for multilateral cooperation on a climate treaty, but he should have said more about the serious threats posed by global warming.
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Sea-level rise is already eating our coasts
Facing the floodwaters are 94,000 miles of U.S. coastline and more than $1 trillion in infrastructure.