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Record rain causes flooding, prompts rescues in southern California

4:29pm January 23, 2024

by Alexander Nguyen

Record rain has caused flooding in San Diego County that blocked roads, damaged homes, and prompted rescues. The mayor of San Diego has declared a state of emergency.

People walk next to a cracked panel apartment building in the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk in 2018. Climate change is causing permafrost, or permanently frozen ground, to thaw across the Arctic. When the earth thaws, it can destabilize building foundations, roads, pipelines and other infrastructure.

Why the war in Ukraine is bad for climate science

4:20pm January 22, 2024

by Rebecca Hersher

The invasion of Ukraine hampered collaboration with Russian climate scientists. That's bad news for our collective ability to understand, and prepare for, a hotter planet.

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Young Republicans tried to focus GOP presidential contenders to act on climate change

5:14am January 22, 2024

by Mara Hoplamazian

Ahead of New Hampshire's primary, conservatives concerned about climate change were pushing GOP presidential candidates to not only talk about the issue, but pitch plans to reduce environmental harm.

We asked our readers to send in their wishes for 2024, and many of you expressed a hope that humans pay attention to the health of the planet. The woman pictured above is one of the nomadic Wodaabe people — cattle herders who live mainly in Chad and Niger. Their lifestyle is affected by higher temperatures, shifting winds and changing precipitation patterns due to climate change.

Readers' wishes for 2024: TLC for Earth, an end to AIDS, more empathy, less light

8:02am January 21, 2024

by Gisele Grayson

As a new year dawns, we asked our readers to send us their global wishes. Here's what they're hoping for.

Global buzzwords for 2024: Gender apartheid. Climate mobility. Mega-election year

12:32pm January 19, 2024

by Andrew Connelly

2024 will be awash in new (and sometimes familiar) buzzwords that point up the polycrises (another buzzword) around the planet. Here's a guide for the perplexed.

Wind turbines on sacred Osage land must be removed, according to court ruling

6:57am January 19, 2024

A judge in Oklahoma has ordered the removal of a massive wind farm from tribal land because its owners failed to get proper permits more than a decade ago.

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Oil production companies in the U.S. keep consolidating

5:28pm January 18, 2024

Oil production in the U.S. keeps growing, setting new records. Meanwhile oil companies are snapping each other up in a wave of mergers that's resulting in fewer, bigger companies — and possibly even more oil.

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Climate

Record rain causes flooding, prompts rescues in southern California

Why the war in Ukraine is bad for climate science

Young Republicans tried to focus GOP presidential contenders to act on climate change

Readers' wishes for 2024: TLC for Earth, an end to AIDS, more empathy, less light

Global buzzwords for 2024: Gender apartheid. Climate mobility. Mega-election year

Wind turbines on sacred Osage land must be removed, according to court ruling

Oil production companies in the U.S. keep consolidating

Winter storms in Oregon have cut power for thousands and killed several

Utah lawmakers are hearing calls to protect the Great Salt Lake

Climate envoy John Kerry is leaving the Biden administration after 3 years