Climate

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 20: Air conditioner units sit in windows of an apartment building on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Along with other cities across the U.S. temperatures in DC are expected to rise over the next few days and reach 100 degrees by this weekend. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on June 22, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’

GHAZIABAD, INDIA - JUNE 29: Commuters wade through a waterlogged road during monsoon rainfall at wave city NH9 on June 29, 2024 in Ghaziabad, India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall in Delhi over the next two days following the city's highest single-day downpour in 88 years on Friday. An 'orange alert' has been issued for Sunday and Monday due to the expected heavy rainfall. (Photo by Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Delhi suffers extreme weather whiplash as heat waves give way to record rain and deadly flash floods

The flowers on the false mermaid weed are the size of a pin head.

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They thought this rare, tiny flower was extinct since WWI. Now it’s a symbol of hope

A boy reacts as he pours water on himself at a public well to cool down, amid the hot weather, at a densely populated area in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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The world’s biggest capital cities are heating up – and Asia tops the charts

Dead Coral at Sombrero Reef.

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This mass bleaching event is the worst on record. Now scientists are hoping for hurricanes

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It’s so hot in DC, Lincoln’s wax head melted off 0:35

A red hot steel slabs passes through a rolling machine inside the hot strip mill unit at the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Rourkela district, Odisha, India, on Friday, June 21, 2019. India's annual steel consumption is close to 100 million tons and there are prospects for further growth from Prime Minister Narendra Modis push to build infrastructure. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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This technology could transform one of the world’s dirtiest industries. Experts say it’s way off pace

Weather

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Construction workers drink water in Folsom, California, US, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. California's biggest power utility had warned of potential outages as the state faces a period of high wildfire risk and power demand surges to keep air conditioners running, with temperatures in Sacramento remaining above 110F (38C) for daytime highs this week, National Weather Service computer models show. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave is intensifying along the West Coast with no relief expected for days

A boat moves along Lake Oroville as the Thompson Fire continues to burn in Oroville, California on July 3, 2024. A heatwave is sending temperatures soaring resulting in red flag fire warnings throughout the state.

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The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain evacuated in California

Solutions

Climeworks' Mammoth plant, unveiling.

The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works

Long Island, N.Y.: An operational wind turbine, along with two under construction behind it, and a lifting barge, are seen in this photo taken at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean, on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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Offshore wind projects have been dogged by inflation and culture wars. Now they’re making a comeback

Rendering of the Equatic 3,650tpa CDR plant under construction in Singapore.

Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

Homeless persons tents pitched in line on the pavement in Whitechapel on 5th December 2023 in East London, United Kingdom. The scene is illustrative of the social disparity in the UK with some people who live in relative wealth in comparison to others, and is an ever common sight in the capital, as people struggle with the cost of living crisis and mental health issues.

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Welcome to power, Keir Starmer. Now fix Britain’s economic mess

The Google Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.

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Google’s greenhouse gas emissions are soaring thanks to AI

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As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity

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The world’s future energy wars will be fought under the sea

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Can this technology help refreeze Arctic ice? 1:58

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‘It’s not hopeless’: See how this tiny island was brought back to life 3:30

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100% animal and plastic-free. Could this be the leather of the future? 3:08

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Scientists strap cameras on Polar Bears to track behavioral changes in ice-free world 5:34

Features

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‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?

A turtle swims in a shallow lagoon at Lady Elliot Island, off the Queensland Coast.

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

EXTREMES

The skyline of Washington, DC, including the US Capitol building, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and National Mall, is seen from the air, January 29, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Boil water advisories for Washington, DC, and Arlington County, Virginia, have been lifted

Cooking meat to the correct internal temperature is one way to prevent food-borne illness.

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Why people should be especially vigilant about food safety this holiday, according to a doctor

Members of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue teams Washington Task Force 1 and Nevada Task Force 1 continue searching through destroyed neighborhoods in the Maui city of Lahaina, Hawaii, U.S. August 13, 2023. Dominick Del Vecchio/FEMA/Handout via REUTERS.
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Opinion: Our disaster responders are exhausted. This puts Americans at risk

WATER

PRESIDIO, TEXAS - MARCH 14: In an aerial view, the Rio Grande forms the U.S.-Mexico border at Big Bend Ranch State Park on March 14, 2024 near Presidio, Texas. The border between the two nations stretches nearly 2,000 miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and is marked by fences, deserts, mountains and the Rio Grande, which runs the entire length of Texas. The politics and controversies surrounding border and immigration issues have become dominant themes in the U.S. presidential election campaign. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win

Three children, aged 3, 5 and 6, sit on the roof of a mosque in Baghlan province, after being rescued from flooding and mud torrents that have affected 18 districts across at least three provinces in northern Afghanistan, according to the United Nations’ World Food Programme.

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Children pulled from mud as hundreds die in severe flooding in Afghanistan

A field of failed corn crops due to drought at a farm in Glendale, Zimbabwe, on Monday, March 11, 2024. A swathe of southern Africa about the size of France suffered the driest February in decades, killing crops and precipitating a power shortage that threatens to hit copper mines in a key producing region. Photographer: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa

COST OF LIVING

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024.

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Homes in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

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The home insurance market is crumbling. These owners are paying the price

A car sits on top of a pile of debris during a rain storm in Studio City, California, on February 5, 2024.

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Storms in California hit homeowners already facing an insurance crisis