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‘Climate denial’ just made it into the dictionary. Wait, what?
Microplastic, omnicide, petrichor: Merriam-Webster's newest batch of environmental words.
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Why your brain doesn’t register the words ‘climate change’
You say climate change; I say global warming. Neuroscience research suggests we should call it “climate crisis."
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‘The trees say F you’: Why teens are cursing about climate change
Young people are mad af.
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‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ puts words to a future you don’t want to live in
The alarming lexicon of David Wallace-Wells' new climate dystopia.
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These 13 words defined our overheating planet in 2018
The world was on fire this year, and so was our vocabulary.
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‘Future-proofing’ is how you say climate change in Texas
A new report shows how the state can prepare for disasters like Hurricane Harvey. It's missing the exact words "climate change."
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Can we save the world from climate change without declaring war?
Battle metaphors pit one group against another. Do they undermine our ability to take on climate change?
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Firenado? Bambi Bucket? A guide to wildfire vocabulary
Words you need to know to understand California's blazes.
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Tofurky is suing over Missouri’s definition of ‘meat’
The suit seeks to defend the right to market meatless products with meaty words on First Amendment grounds.
