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President Biden takes notes during a meeting to discuss clean energy efforts with CEOs of U.S. electric utility companies at the White House in February 2022.

Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States

5:58pm March 28, 2022

by Julia Simon

The spread of misinformation about solar and wind energy is leading some states and counties to restrict or even reject projects. Researchers say it's a threat to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Study looks at hydrogen use to help reduce carbon emissions

4:20pm March 28, 2022

by Keri Brown

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced four mass bleaching events in the last seven years, like this one in 2017. Scientists warn repeated bleaching makes it tough for corals to recover.

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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is hit with mass coral bleaching yet again

7:00am March 26, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

Some corals have turned a ghostly white due to extreme heat stress. It's the fourth bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the last seven years, which makes it harder to recover.

A massive bleaching event is taking place in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

4:43pm March 25, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering another mass bleaching. That's when corals turn ghostly white due to heat, and it's becoming more common as the climate warms.

This satellite image shows the main piece of C-37 close to Bowman Island. Scientists are concerned because an ice shelf the size of New York City collapsed in East Antarctica, an area that had long been thought to be stable.

A previously stable ice shelf, the size of New York City, collapses in Antarctica

2:42pm March 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

The collapse, captured by satellite images, occurred in East Antarctica — an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, scientists say.

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Surry County wildfire burns 200 acres

9:08am March 22, 2022

by April Laissle

Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze that has burned more than 200 acres of forest land in Surry County.

Because space shuttle missions went up to repair and refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope, it has a relatively large carbon footprint compared to other telescopes.

Astronomy's contribution to climate change rivals the emissions from some countries

4:23pm March 21, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Building and operating telescopes can generate a lot of greenhouse gases. In fact, it's as if each astronomer in the world was driving more than 100,000 miles per year, a new study finds.

Vice President Harris looks at a hyperwall during a climate change discussion at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Nov. 5 , 2021. The SEC unveiled new proposals on Monday requiring companies to disclose climate-related risks.

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The SEC wants companies to disclose how climate change is affecting them

2:40pm March 21, 2022

by David Gura

Under the rule proposals, companies would be required to share information about their greenhouse gas emissions as well as climate-related risks faced by their businesses.

Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat, with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees warmer than average.

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Both of the planet's poles experience extreme heat, and Antarctica breaks records

8:29pm March 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Parts of Antarctica were more than 70 degrees warmer than average, and areas of the Arctic saw temperatures that were more than 50 degrees warmer than average.

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If you can't beat an infestation of purple sea urchins, might as well ... eat them?

8:02am March 19, 2022

by Scott Simon

What to do with the purple sea urchins gobbling up the California coastline? Scott Simon talks with biologist Doug Bush of the Cultured Abalone Farm in Goleta, Calif., about turning them into food.