Climate Climate & Energy
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Watch the climate spiral out of control in these hypnotic graphs
These animated spirographs chart the state of our climate — and it’s not pretty.
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How to smash solar power records: Harness a heat wave
Thanks to extra-high temperatures this month, California generated enough solar energy in one day to power 6 million homes.
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Don’t be fooled by a cooling Antarctica — warming is winning out
The climate is complicated, but one thing is clear: We're all heading to a warmer world.
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You call it methane, we call it “nature’s bouncy house”
Siberia’s got a bad case of gas under its grass.
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Got tons of CO2? Get more giant trees.
How? By cloning them, of course — and then planting them all over the world.
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Florida’s algae-infested lakes are a sign of things to come
Warming lakes and oceans are happy homes for algae.
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The world’s biggest rainforest might be on fire soon
When the Amazon burns, something is really wrong.
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Cutting carbon emissions isn’t enough. We need negative emissions.
To keep warming under 2 degrees C, we'll have to suck CO2 out of the air.
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Kids, go nag your parents about saving energy
Trust kids when it comes to turning out the lights — and, of course, Thin Mints.
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Warmer temperatures are shifting clouds toward the poles
The changes in cloud cover could raise temperatures even further.