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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.
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Cooling Pacific has dampened global warming, research shows
Scientists say changes in tropical waters could be responsible for the recent "pause" in rising temperatures.
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Crop-munching pests are traveling north as the climate changes
The beetles, moths, and fungi that chomp on crops and devastate forests are moving toward the North Pole at an average of 24 feet per day.
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7 more national parks threatened by fire
Yosemite isn't the only park facing a growing risk of wildfires.
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A gorgeous video of a devastating fire
Photographer Matt Johnson traveled to Colorado in June 2013 and shot time-lapse footage of the West Fork Complex Fires.
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Mind the carbon gap
The difference between a country’s extraction, production and consumption emissions are what we call "carbon gaps." Here's a look at how different countries compare.
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Antarctic moss a charming but chilling sign of warming
A clump of moss on the Antarctic Peninsula is ballooning -- a botanical pioneer in a fast-warming region.
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Hope and fellowship
Climate change is so dire and social change is so slow. Is there any hope?
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Americans are driving less in nearly every state
Over the past eight years, the number of vehicle miles traveled has steadily decreased, a trend dominated by millennials' much lower driving rates.
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Kalamazoo pipeline protester could get two years in jail
An activist spent a day sitting inside a pipe to slow down construction of Enbridge's new replacement tar-sands pipeline in Michigan.
