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U.K. Shatters Heat Record Three Times in a Matter of Hours
CLIMATEWIRE | Extreme heat shattered records in the United Kingdom yesterday as temperatures hurtled above 104 degrees Fahrenheit for the…
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Climate-Focused Bill Collapses as U.S. Is Pummeled by Major Climate Impacts
CLIMATEWIRE | Water levels have fallen so low on the Colorado River that they are threatening a dam relied upon…
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How Hot is Too Hot for the Human Body?
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Heat waves are…
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With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future
CLIMATEWIRE | Record-breaking temperatures and vicious wildfires swept through Western Europe and the United Kingdom this weekend, in what may…
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Alaska Is on Pace for Another Historic Fire Season
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Alaska is on…
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Ocean Oil Slick Map Reveals Enough Greasy Patches to Cover France—Twice
How many oil slicks are there in the ocean? Where are they, and where did they come from? These seem…
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Carbon Credits Versus the “Big Gulp”
Twitchell Island, Sacramento County, California — Steve Deverel gazes out over a levee on the San Joaquin River to a…
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Attribution Science Linking Warming to Disasters Is Rapidly Advancing
CLIMATEWIRE | For two decades, scientists have been getting better and faster at investigating the links between individual weather events…
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Record Methane Spike Boosts Heat Trapped by Greenhouse Gases
CLIMATEWIRE | Greenhouse gases trapped 49 percent more heat in 2021 than in 1990, as emissions continued to rise rapidly,…
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How Countries ‘Import’ and ‘Export’ Extinction Risk around the World
In the dense jungles of Cameroon and nearby countries, the population of the iconic and critically endangered western lowland gorilla…
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