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The Trump administration just dismissed all 400 experts working on America’s official climate report
It’s not clear who will now write the Congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment — or whether it will be written at all.
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A siege on science: How Trump is undoing an American legacy
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has slashed federal agencies, canceled national reports, and yanked funding from universities. The shockwaves will be felt worldwide.
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The ‘king of poisons’ is building up in rice
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.
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Scientists predict a brutal hurricane season while Trump takes aim at NOAA’s budget
Extra-hot oceans could spawn monster storms. Researchers worry that cuts at the agency will interrupt the flow of data for forecasts.
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Global warming is melting Arctic sea ice. Can science refreeze it?
Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.
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The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
Scientists put people in a heat chamber for nine hours. Here's what they learned.
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The quest to fix the irony at the heart of every heat pump
The appliances are key to ditching fossil fuels, but they rely on powerful greenhouse gases to work. Here’s how to tackle that problem.
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What ‘the world’s loneliest whale’ may be telling us about climate change
A mysterious whale that has puzzled scientists for decades may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath the waves.
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![illustration of earth with wind turbines, solar panels, a ship, an excavator and protesters, with bottom of half of earth filled with chunks of minerals]()
A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
To address climate change, we're going to need a whole lot of metal.
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Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.
Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.
