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In the US, a fungal disease is spreading fast. A hotter climate could be to blame.
A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases to jump by 1,200 percent since 2017.
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A vital Atlantic Ocean system could collapse sooner than previously thought
Climate change is slowing down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key ocean “conveyer belt.” New research finds it could collapse completely by 2060.
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A brain-swelling illness spread by ticks is on the rise in Europe
Experts say climate change plays a role: “It’s a really common problem that was absent 20 or 30 years ago.”
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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria
Climate change is driving mosquitoes to new heights, bringing the bugs, and the diseases they carry, to newly vulnerable populations.
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The author of ‘Blight’ explains how humans supercharged fungal pathogens
Fungal diseases have come for frogs, bats, and bananas, and they're coming for us, too.
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The ocean is turning green. Yes, it’s climate change.
Over the last 20 years, more than half of the planet's oceans experienced color change.
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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
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Wood isn’t the climate-friendly material you think it is
A new study shows that cutting down trees for paper, furniture, and fuel emits three times more carbon than flying.
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Why is the summer off to such an extreme start?
Blame climate change, El Niño, and a dose of bad luck.
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The landmark trial that could determine who pays to rid America’s drinking water of PFAS
3M sold "forever chemicals" for decades. Will it foot the bill to get them out of our water supply?
