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To fear or not to fear? A conversation between David Wallace-Wells and Eric Holthaus
David Wallace-Wells and Eric Holthaus discuss telling stories about the end of the world, facing climate fears, and finding hope in the face of doomsday studies.
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Warming oceans have already harmed the world’s fish supply
A first-of-its-kind study reveals that ocean warming has significantly affected fisheries worldwide.
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![People take selfies in front of frozen fountain in New York City.]()
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Your weather tweets are showing your climate amnesia
A database of 2 billion tweets shows people get so used to weather extremes they might stop noticing them. That's bad for action on climate change.
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If climate change makes the clouds disappear, we’re screwed
Carbon dioxide emissions could mean blue skies. That's not a good thing.
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![A fire crew hikes past McClure Reservoir in New Mexico en route to conducting a prescribed burn]()
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For a warming world, a new strategy for protecting watersheds
In the hot, dry West, water managers are learning the benefits of prescribed burns and thinning trees.
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Atlantic City can’t afford to roll the dice on sea-level rise
With more frequent floods, many East Coast cities are looking at becoming the next Atlantis.
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‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
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Trump is considering a fervent climate denier to lead a White House panel assessing climate change risk
William Happer compares the "demonization" of carbon dioxide to the Holocaust.
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No deal in sight as fuel standard talks between EPA and California stall out
If California loses this battle, we’ll all feel the impact on our climate and air.
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Paris Agreement has gone up in smoke, new paper says
If you're reading this it's too late. Tra-la!
