Climate

Two Just Stop Oil protesters sitting on the floor after they have thrown tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh's famous 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London on October 14, 2022.

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UK court hands prison terms to climate activists who threw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

KIRUNA, SWEDEN - MARCH 07: A general view of the frozen landscape outside the city on March 07, 2024 in Kiruna, Sweden. Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Mysterious magma in extinct volcanoes may be filled with elements needed to power the future

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference outside of an Amazon distribution facility on November 15, 2021 in San Francisco, California. Bonta announced that Amazon Inc. will have to pay a $500,000 fine after the company failed to adequately notify workers and officials about coronavirus cases at its facilities pursuant to California Assembly Bill 865. The bill also requires companies to share COVID-19 safety plans, benefits and protections with employees. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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California sues ExxonMobil for alleged decades of deception around plastic recycling, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit

This handout photo shows a polar bear that was shot by the police after being considered a threat to people nearby, authorities said, in Westfjords, Iceland, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024. The bear was shot near a summer home in the Westfjords in the north west tip of Iceland. (Ingvar Jakobsson via AP)

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A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the Economic Club of Washington D.C., in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2024.

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Biden speaks Tuesday in NYC to draw contrast between Democrats and Republicans on energy and climate

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She lost everything in a hurricane. Now she’s rebuilding without insurance 3:57

Tourist kayaking inside a floating iceberg from the Valdez Glacier in Alaska.

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Tourists are rushing to see glaciers before they disappear. The trips are turning deadly.

Thwaites Glacier in western Antartica in 2019.

Scientists looked deep beneath the Doomsday Glacier. What they found spells potential disaster for the planet

Weather

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One storm, 95 dead and a 500-mile path of destruction. Now comes the hard work of recovering from Helene

An aerial picture taken on September 28, 2024, shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia. At least 44 people died across five US states battered by powerful storm Helene, authorities said on September 27, after torrential flooding prompted emergency responders to launch massive rescue operations. (Photo by John Falchetto / AFP) (Photo by JOHN FALCHETTO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Helene flooding strands hundreds of North Carolina residents as storm’s death toll reaches 95

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

Power lines come off of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation on the right, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019.

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Three Mile Island is reopening and selling its power to Microsoft

Energy Singularity

The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race

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A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge

Chinese leader Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of a summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on September 5.

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Xi Jinping had one message for dozens of visiting African leaders: choose China

The IceNode robot, designed to study ice and ocean
properties in a changing Arctic environment, deployed at
Ice Camp Whale during Operation Ice Camp (ICE CAMP)
2024. ICE CAMP is a three-week operation run by the
Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) that allows the
Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic,
increase experience in the region, advance
understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue
to develop relationships with other services, allies, and
partner organizations. Capable of sustained operations
below the ice, IceNode can support tasks for Navy
operations and gather data to improve predictions for
sea-ice extent in a warming environment
(see: climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice). This
work was funded by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
which is managed for the agency by Caltech. This work
was supported by the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Submarine Lab
(ASL), with acknowledgement to the field team who
assisted deployment and recovery of the robot

Meet NASA’s newest tool to fight climate change 2:31

<p>Activist, investor, political donor and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer joins Fareed to talk about his new book “Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War.”</p>

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On GPS: Can clean energy arrive quickly enough? 5:53

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Coral seeding devices, Great Barrier Reef, 2024

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These devices are helping deliver 1 million baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef 5:23

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

A damaged 100-year-old home is seen after an Oak tree landed on it after Hurricane Helene moved through the area Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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How to help Hurricane Helene victims

Florida State Guardsmen participate in a search and recovery mission in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Steinhatchee, Florida, on September 27.

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Over 50 dead as Helene unleashes life-threatening flooding

Siamese crocodiles in their enclosure at a crocodile farm in Lamphun, northern Thailand.

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Thai farmer forced to kill more than 100 endangered crocodiles after a typhoon damaged their enclosure

WATER

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Fact-checking night 1 of the Democratic National Convention

Aerial panoramic view from a drone of Agios Prokopios or Prokopi sandy beach in Naxos Island. Local Greeks and foreign tourists are protesting against the extensive occupation of the coast of umbrellas and sunbeds in the Greek islands and mainland, a growing nationwide movement against the expansion of expensive rented shadow. Beachbars are occupying larger areas than their permission which do not allow people to have free access to the beach. Similar incidents occurred in Agia Anna and Plaka beach. In Naxos the movement ''Save the beaches of Naxos now!'' emerged forming a legal complaint in the prosecutor similar to Paros Island with the media known name Towel Movement led to the government to bring inspectors. Naxos is part of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece on August 2023.

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The Greek islands are grappling with a water crisis as tourist season kicks into gear

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

COST OF LIVING

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 29 : A general view from the site after Hurricane Ian left Florida on Thursday following making landfall as a devastating Category 4 hurricane, on September 29, 2022 in Florida, United States. Widespread catastrophic damage has been left in much of southwestern Florida as 2.6 million people continue to lack power and thousands remain stranded. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher

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