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Is this a La Niña or El Niño year? Try La Nada
For more than a year now, the Pacific Ocean has been without La Niña or El Niño. In its place is La Nada, which could be a lot more extreme than it sounds.
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Underground parking: The black market, apps, and future of car storage
In cities across the U.S., drivers are renting, borrowing, and tracking parking spots.
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New Orleans has a radical new plan for managing floods
Instead of trying to pump out all floodwater, officials want to corral it into areas that serve as parks during drier times. Rain gardens, bioswales, and canals will help too.
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One weird trick to fix farms forever
Does David Brandt hold the secret for turning industrial agriculture from global-warming problem to carbon solution?
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Here comes the story of no hurricanes
Scientists don't know everything about hurricanes and global warming. But they know one big thing.
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Climate change exacerbated half of recent extreme weather events, study says
A new study links 2012's extreme heatwaves, Hurricane Sandy, and ice melt to climate change.
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Video: Fly along with NASA’s cloud hunters
Climb aboard NASA's biggest flying laboratory to discover the climate change secrets of clouds.
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Can drastic new anti-pollution rules help clean up Beijing’s air?
The city is rolling out a series of regulations to cut emissions over the next five years.
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Climate change likely to steer away Sandy-like superstorms, study says
Scientists predict stronger storms but say changing air patterns will prevent them from hitting U.S. East Coast.
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We can’t blame everything on climate change: Soot melts glaciers too
Why did glaciers in the Alps start melting 40 years before temperatures started to rise? New research blames the air pollution spewed by the Industrial Revolution.