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When solar and wind need a boost, nuclear might be the best option
Nuclear power is plodding and costly. Does it still belong in a climate hawk’s quiver?
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Crazy floods hit the Midwest when hardly anyone was looking
In northern Indiana, people kayaked across grocery store parking lots.
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It’s a steamy 80 degrees in New England. In February. That’s bad.
The return of “Februne.”
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Bitcoin gobbles up clean energy — just when the real world needs it most
Bitcoin's popularity carries real-world consequences.
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Devil’s Bargain
We already have planet-cooling technology. The problem is, it’s killing us.
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2017 is officially one of the hottest years on record, surprising no one
NASA found that only 2016 was warmer.
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It’s time to go nuclear in the fight against climate change
We need to kick fossil fuels to the curb immediately. So we can't ignore any of our clean-energy options.
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Get used to saying ‘bomb cyclone.’ This is our climate now.
Wild winter weather is another sign of the Anthropocene.
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Heartbroken scientists lament the likely loss of ‘most of the world’s coral reefs’
With coral bleaching events increasing in frequency, researchers are forced to consider marine life without the underwater ecosystems.