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Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. forests could worsen global warming instead of easing it because they are being destroyed by…
City Sewers Can’t Handle Climate Change’s… CLIMATEWIRE | It was the most intense rainfall in New York City history and caused the deaths of 11 people trapped…
Why Hot Overnight Temperatures Are So Dangerous In the midst of an already record-breaking heat wave, Phoenix, Ariz., set a particularly eye-popping record: the…
Modern ‘Sixth Mass Extinction’ Event Will Be… The report argues that nearly half of the planet’s animal species are now in decline, but unlike past mass…
Death Valley Could Set a World Record Hot… Amid a punishing heat wave gripping the U.S. Southwest, Death Valley, Calif., could tie or set the record for the…
What’s Happening in the Ocean, and Why It… Over the last five decades, we’ve burned enough coal, gas and oil, cut down enough trees, and produced enough other…
Canadian lake shows start of Anthropocene era:… Scientists on Tuesday said that sediment at Crawford Lake in Canada provides evidence of the beginning of the…
What’s Causing This Record-Breaking Heat? Temperatures are set to skyrocket to potentially record-setting levels across the U.S. Southwest as yet another…
Why the Heat Dome Sizzling Texas Won’t Budge Texas is no stranger to scorching summer heat, but even Texans are growing weary of a major “heat dome” that has…