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Why won’t this cat answer my questions about climate change?
Maybe having nine lives makes you a little less worried about the baking of Alaska.
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Pakistan’s new big threat isn’t terrorism — it’s water
Shortages of the precious resource threaten to destabilize the region even further.
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Wild thing, I think I need you: How weeds could save dinner
Scientists are racing to study and conserve wild varieties of crops before they disappear. Such weeds could bolster agricultural yields as the climate changes.
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America’s wicked, deadly heat wave last week
American cities could see many more hot-weather fatalities in the decades to come, as climate change drives longer and more frequent heat waves.
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Mapped: A hot hot summer of climate action
One-off protests don't seem like a big deal? Check out the full scope of climate uprisings happening across North America this summer.
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How do we use electricity?
We can better understand our electricity use -- as a country and at home -- if we break it down by sector and category.
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Climate-related power outages aren’t just a coastal problem
No American region has been exempt from the possibility of mass power outages.
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Ice, ice, maybe: Snow and ice melting at record speed
From April to June, more than 80 percent of the Northern Hemisphere's snow cover melted away -- one of the most rapid shifts on record.
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U.S. won’t fund a massive coal plant in Vietnam
After Obama's climate pledge, is the Export-Import Bank finally changing its stance on fossil fuel projects?
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Harry Reid blames climate change for fires ravaging his state
"The West is being devastated by wildfires," said the Senate majority leader. "Why? Because the climate has changed."
