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Volunteers organize stacks of donations that were dropped off Tuesday at the North Dallas location for Hurricane Harvey victims.

When Nature Teaches Us How To Be Human

2:51pm August 30, 2017

by Marcelo Gleiser

As global warming changes the planet, we will experience many severe weather events. How we fare will depend largely on how well we preserve our best qualities — and community, says Marcelo Gleiser.

A field cleared of sunflowers destroyed by drought is seen in Padina, Serbia, on Thursday.

2016 Hit Records For Global Temperature And Climate Extremes

9:00pm August 10, 2017

by Scott Neuman

An annual report, comprising data from scientists across the globe, shows it was the warmest on records that date back 137 years. It also saw the highest sea levels and lowest polar sea ice.

Hurricanes in 2012 and 2003 submerged parking lots and park benches, and flooded businesses along Annapolis' Dock Street. City planners estimate that, given the rise in sea level, by 2100 the flood from a once-in-a-hundred-year storm would be almost twice

Mapping Coastal Flood Risk Lags Behind Sea Level Rise

11:33pm July 27, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

Federal maps help determine who on the coast must buy flood insurance, but many don't include the latest data. Maryland is now making its own flood maps, so homeowners can see if they're at risk.

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A comprehensive study of air pollution in the U.S. finds it still kills thousands a year, and disproportionately affects poor people and minorities.

U.S. Air Pollution Still Kills Thousands Every Year, Study Concludes

8:28pm June 28, 2017

by Rob Stein

An analysis examining mortality among millions of Americans concludes that a tiny decrease in levels of soot could save about 12,000 lives each year.

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President Trump had been urged by world leaders, scientists and CEOs to keep the U.S. in the Paris climate accord, but the agreement's critics won out.

Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord

7:14pm June 01, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump followed through on his campaign trail vow to exit the historic international agreement. But he said the U.S. would begin negotiations to possibly re-enter the pact or a similar deal.

This dish features a scallop in its shell. Bivalves, like scallops are threatened by rising ocean acidification. Wist left it in the shell, so people would think of it "as an animal and not just a scallop on a plate."

Artist Sets Futuristic Dinner Party In World Reshaped By Rising Seas

12:50pm April 16, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."

NET Power has built carbon capture technology into its power plant outside Houston, which will generate electricity by burning natural gas. The demonstration project should be fully operational later this year, according to NET Power.

Natural Gas Plant Makes A Play For Coal's Market, Using 'Clean' Technology

5:52pm April 10, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

The idea behind "clean coal" is technology that would capture for reuse most of the carbon dioxide emitted by coal-burning power plants. Entrepreneurs aim to use similar tech to clean natural gas.

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A diver near Australia's Orpheus Island surveys bleached Great Barrier Reef coral in March 2017.

Great Barrier Reef Hit By Bleaching For The Second Year In A Row

12:20pm April 10, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Scientists say severe bleaching events have happened three other times in the past 20 years — but never in consecutive years. They fear that prolonged stress could kill the corals.

A tart cherry orchard in Michigan. Warmer days in early spring and erratic spring weather have hurt yields in recent years. Still, cherry growers are reluctant discuss the role of climate change.

Michigan's Tart Cherry Orchards Struggle To Cope With Erratic Spring Weather

4:31pm April 07, 2017

by Peter Payette

An unpredictable spring this year unnerved tart cherry growers in Michigan, because these cherry trees are especially vulnerable to extreme weather shifts made more likely by climate change.

Spraying sea salt into the atmosphere to increase the reflective cloud cover over oceans is the way some scientists think they might be able to bring down Earth's temperature. At least they'd like to safely test the idea on a small scale.

Scientists Who Want To Study Climate Engineering Shun Trump

8:00am March 29, 2017

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The controversial study of climate engineering — aka deliberately messing with Earth's temperature — was finally starting to regain a measure of respectability. And then came President Trump.

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