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![Satellite image of a hurricane forming in the ocean]()
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Hurricane season is over. Here’s why the US never got hit.
For the first time in a decade, the country avoided landfall, thanks to an atmospheric anomaly. But this hurricane season was exceptional in other bad ways, too.
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Violent ‘storms’ hidden under Antarctica’s ice could be speeding its decline
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
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![An Antarctic glacier in the Southern Ocean is seen at dusk.]()
![An Antarctic glacier in the Southern Ocean is seen at dusk.]()
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’
When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
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![A photo shows downed power lines and wrecked buildings in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.]()
![A photo shows downed power lines and wrecked buildings in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.]()
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
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Scientists have a dire new warning about the state of the planet
Recent climatic developments "mark the beginning of a grim new chapter for life on Earth," but it's not too late for radical action.
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![A satellite image of Hurricane Melissa on October 27, 2025]()
![A satellite image of Hurricane Melissa on October 27, 2025]()
How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."
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![A closeup of the Culiseta annulata mosquito]()
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens were discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
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![An aerial view of a muddy bog with greenish plants growing over water]()
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The humble plant that could save the world — or destroy it
Clean energy expansion could destroy this crucial climate solution.
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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
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The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.
