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Is the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsing? These scientists want to go find out
Bad weather conditions on Thwaites Glacier make it a dangerous place to visit, but we need more than satellite data to understand how it's melting.
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Want to slow climate change? Stop killing sharks
Shark culling could cut back the ocean's ability to sequester carbon along its coastlines, thus accelerating climate change.
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Good news: Global health is actually improving. Huzzah, civilization!
The latest data shows we've made impressive strides on human life expectancy around the world.
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Even scientists who don’t study the climate think climate change is a big deal
A new study shows that 92 percent of scientists from other disciplines say anthropogenic climate change is a thing.
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What is PPM, and what does it have to do with capitalism and climate change?
The nitty gritty of measuring atmospheric CO2 involves Algerian monks and Mongolian schoolteachers, and has some pretty major real-world implications.
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The rising oceans could drown a lot of NASA launch sites
The agency's five coastal facilities can expect between 5 and 27 inches of sea level rise by 2050.
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What’s the best way to communicate about climate change? This expert offers some insights
Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication has done groundbreaking research on people's understanding of global warming.
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Use behavioral science to help fight climate change, says Obama executive order
The first annual report from the administration's Social and Behavioral Sciences Team offers promising psychological nudges.
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You don’t even wanna know what happens if we burn all the fossil fuels
But it involves no more Antarctic ice and WAY more ocean.
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New York’s natural gas pipelines are leakier than your grandpa
Old infrastructure is spewing a greenhouse gas all over Manhattan.
