Spring is usually a coordinated dance of singing birds, bursting leaves, buzzing insects, and blooming flowers, but climate change is throwing off the rhythm. With warming temperatures, the average spring in the eastern U.S. is starting earlier. This year, flowers […]

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Planning to be one of 330 million-plus visitors to America’s national parks this year? Curious about impacts of climate change to these important places? Not surprisingly, that impact is and will be considerable and varied. Here are several pieces that […]

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Americans commonly spend three or four percent of their income on energy bills. But in many low-income communities, that number is higher. Smith: “In Atlanta, for example, you have some people paying over eleven percent of their income on utility […]

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At a farm in Missouri, rows of pecan trees grow between narrow fields of wheat. The towering trees provide nuts that the farmer sells for extra income. The practice of growing trees alongside annual crops or livestock is called agroforestry, […]

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Recent public opinion data from the Yale Program on Climate Communication, publisher of this site, spells out what many have already noticed. More and more Americans accept the science of climate change, are worried about the problem, and say they […]

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Solar panels are installed where they can absorb sunlight. But a different type of solar technology is designed to harvest indoor light instead. Barry Breen is CEO of 3G Solar Photovoltaics in Jerusalem, Israel. His company’s solar cells work under […]

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TV journalist Vanessa Hauc wants to make sure that people on the front lines of climate change are fully informed on the topic. Huac: “Latino communities and minorities are the most affected.” For example, hurricanes and wildfires have hit Florida, […]

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As a scuba-diver, Sam Teicher has long been worried about threats to coral reefs, including pollution and global warming. After college, he worked on a reef restoration project on the island of Mauritius, off the coast of Africa. He wanted […]

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Cities around the world are taking climate action, but some are making especially ambitious commitments. Partin: “When you look at what it takes to get to an 80 to 100 percent greenhouse gas reduction target, it’s a radical transformation in […]

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Dear Sara, I would like to read your prediction of the effects of climate change on the traditional four weather seasons. From a lifestyle preference, it has been nice for me to know that in the summer, there will be […]

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