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For the first time, climate change has caused a river to completely reroute

For the first time on record, climate change has completely changed the route of a river. In a shift that researchers...

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Scientists say we have 10 years to save Earth

Time is running out to protect Earth from the disastrous effects of climate change. An international team of eight...

Koch-backed group distributes 25,000 insane climate change conspiracy booklets

Koch-backed group distributes 25,000 insane climate change conspiracy booklets

The climate change deniers at the Koch brothers-backed Heartland Institute have apparently mailed a lengthy report...

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Rising ocean temperatures are cooking the Great Barrier Reef to death

Australia's Great Barrier Reef offers dramatic evidence of the reality of climate change. Scientists have found...

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Arctic Ocean undergoes 'massive shift,' becoming more like Atlantic

Increasing temperatures aren't the only factor to blame for dramatic Arctic sea ice loss. An international team...

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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on How to Embrace Rising Sea Levels

Sea levels are rising, floods are prevalent, and cities are at greater risk than ever due to climate change. Now...

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Earth's climate hurtling towards warmth unprecedented in nearly half a billion years

Climate change is already altering the planet, but the warmth we're headed for may be greater than anything Earth...

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Leonardo DiCaprio pledges abstinence until the world quits fossil fuels

Fans of Leonardo DiCaprio may be sad to learn he has pledged abstinence until we end our collective addiction to...

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Dead Sea salt reveals drought on a scale never recorded - and it could happen again

Thick layers of Dead Sea salt found 1,000 feet below the sea bed holds clues to our planet's past - and a warning....

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Head of EPA Scott Pruitt calls Paris Climate Accord a "bad deal"

Don't count on Scott Pruitt, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to do much environmental protecting....

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China's coasts threatened by rapidly rising sea levels

Sea levels are creeping up as temperatures get hotter here on Earth, and China's State Oceanic Administration just...

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Mexico-sized algae bloom in the Arabian Sea connected to climate change

Talk of climate change probably evokes images of rising sea levels or hotter temperatures, but what about algae...

Trump to purge climate change from federal government

Trump to purge climate change from federal government

Al Gore tried to convince President Donald Trump about the importance of acting on climate change. So did Leonardo...

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Why scientists are transporting ice from a mountain in Bolivia to Antarctica

As climate change imperils glaciers, scientists are scrambling to build a library of ice archives. Ice stores climate...

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Dramatic disintegration of Canada permafrost threatens huge carbon release

Permafrost, or frozen soil, is rapidly collapsing across a 52,000 square mile area in northwest Canada - about...

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