Dear Sara, I recently read the climate change report out of Australia – “Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach” – and I am having a hard time coping with its implications. I’m in my late 20s, I work for […]

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Almost 30% of carbon pollution in the U.S. comes from transportation, mostly from cars and trucks. “It’s really a difficult issue for the states to tackle individually because obviously vehicles move from state to state,” Vicki Arroyo says. Arroyo directs […]

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Of all the consequences of a warming world, the idea that our oceans would rise is, on its face, one of the easiest to understand – and maybe the most terrifying. We’re land animals, after all. It’s been a long, […]

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When Allison Paradise started working at a research lab in high school, she was dismayed to find that there was nowhere to recycle disposable lab equipment. In college and grad school, she found the same thing. “I finally just said, […]

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It took Kathlean Wolf a few extra minutes to get ready. She had to put the braces on her feet that allow her to walk. But once ready to go, she was winding through tall grasses of the marshy stormwater […]

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More than 250 large and small, general-circulation and specialized, in-print and on-air and online media outlets are committing to boosting coverage of climate change over the eight days leading up to the September 23 United Nations Climate Action Summit in […]

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Rebutting myths about climate change is an endless game of whack-a-mole. But one side-effect is that each dose of misinformation can prompt a look at the real science, and offer a reason to share credible, up-to-date information that might not […]

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At the Dickinson College farm in Pennsylvania, students harvest more than crops. They also learn how to harvest energy from the sun. Staff member Matt Steiman says that since 2007, the farm’s large solar array has fed electricity to the […]

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In the wake of this summer’s record-breaking heat – hottest June on record, the hottest month ever in July – students and teachers have returned to their classrooms. But in what classes should the diverse causes and consequences of climate […]

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People worried about global warming often want their leaders to enact ambitious climate policies. A recent study suggests that electing female politicians can help make that happen. Astghik Mavisakalyan is an economics professor at Australia’s Curtin University. She and a […]

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