Climate Science
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Turns out young forests are pretty great at sucking up carbon
When forests regrow, they’re hungry for our least favorite greenhouse gas.
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You better learn about this new technology before it transforms the world
Watch this painless explainer on gene drives.
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Alberta wildfire turns to boreal forests
And that is really bad news for the climate — for a number of reasons.
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Rainbow satellite image shows Antarctica’s ice fleeing into the ocean
Parts of Antarctica are breaking off and moving away from the continent at speeds of up to three feet per day.
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The Earth is warming at scary rates, and this GIF proves it
Watch the Earth's temperature spiral toward catastrophic warming.
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Coral reefs are straight-up dissolving now
A new study found 6 million tons of limestone have disappeared from Florida's reefs.
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New maps shed light on the secret lives of clouds
This cloud atlas could help us track life across the planet.
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Earth is getting greener. Here’s why that’s a problem.
A little more CO2 is good for plants. A lot is disastrous for everyone.
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Oceans won’t have enough oxygen in as little as 15 years
Fish in the Pacific could struggle for survival.
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Climate change made catastrophic coral bleaching 175 times more likely
A new study compares the probability of coral-bleaching ocean temperatures occurring with and without the effects of global warming