Climate

Downtown Houston, Texas on May 25, 2024. Parts of the US have been enduring extreme heat.

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UN chief says world is on ‘highway to climate hell’ as planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat

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Doppelgängers and deepfakes: How Russian trolls are meddling in the world’s second-biggest democratic vote

Garbage, including plastic waste, is seen at Paparo Beach in Miranda State, Venezuela, on June 6, 2023. Tons of garbage that includes hospital waste, bottles and plastic containers, wood, among other materials that are collected by the Guaire and Tuy rivers in their journeys through the Venezuelan states of Miranda and Aragua, reach the beach through the mouth at Paparo beach. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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The plastics industry says this technology could help banish pollution. It’s ‘an illusion,’ critics say

An aerial view of the Kutuk River in Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park that looks like<br />orange paint spilling into the clear blue water.

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Rivers in Alaska are turning orange. The reason surprised even scientists

High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

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White House announces actions to modernize America’s electrical grid, paving the way for clean energy and fewer outages

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TV meteorologist attacks Florida’s new ‘Don’t Say Climate Change’ law on-air 1:00

The Environmental Protection Agency headquarters, seen through the dark green leaves of a tree.

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Biden’s EPA is trying to take a huge bite out of the climate crisis. Can it survive Trump’s Supreme Court?

An aerial view of the city, in Miami, United States on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

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TV meteorologist blasts what he says is Florida’s new ‘Don’t Say Climate Change’ law amid oppressive heat

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In a screengrab taken from a video, a tornado is seen in Darnestown, Maryland, on June 5, 2024.

At least 1 person seriously injured after tornado sweeps through northern DC suburbs

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A punishing heat dome will only worsen. Here’s when temperatures could peak

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

British singer Chris Martin of British band Coldplay performs at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, on July 5, 2023. The concert is part of the Music of the Spheres World Tour. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

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Coldplay say they have beaten emissions target for world tour

Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), is in “critical condition” after it was hit in a Russian strike on Ukraine’s key energy facilities, authorities say.

Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric dam in critical condition after Russian strikes, authorities say

An aerial view of a rally in support of opposition parties, at Zocalo main square, in Mexico City, Mexico on May 19, 2024.

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Mexico’s historic election is this weekend. Here’s what to know

A view of the lithium mine of the Chilean company Sociedad Quimica Minera in the Atacama Desert, Chile, in September 2022.

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The world faces a shortage of minerals needed for the energy transition

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Can this technology help refreeze Arctic ice? 1:58

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‘It’s not hopeless’: See how this tiny island was brought back to life 3:30

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100% animal and plastic-free. Could this be the leather of the future? 3:08

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Scientists strap cameras on Polar Bears to track behavioral changes in ice-free world 5:34

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 sign made with a black marker by a tourist is pictured on the wall of a domus of the Herculaneum Archaeological Park, in Ercolano, Naples, Italy, in this handout picture obtained on June 3, 2024. Carabinieri/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

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Dutch tourist accused of graffitiing ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum

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A heat dome will send temperatures into the triple-digits across the West as fires burn

RUDERSBERG, GERMANY - JUNE 04: Aerial view of a house destroyed by recent flooding on June 04, 2024 in Rudersberg, Germany. Residents in flood-hit communities across the southwest German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg are beginning cleanup efforts following floods caused by intense deluges of rain. Meanwhile in nearby Bavaria some communities are still bracing for river levels to peak. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)

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5 killed after floods engulf southern Germany

WATER

Three children, aged 3, 5 and 6, sit on the roof of a mosque in Baghlan province, after being rescued from flooding and mud torrents that have affected 18 districts across at least three provinces in northern Afghanistan, according to the United Nations’ World Food Programme.

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Children pulled from mud as hundreds die in severe flooding in Afghanistan

A field of failed corn crops due to drought at a farm in Glendale, Zimbabwe, on Monday, March 11, 2024. A swathe of southern Africa about the size of France suffered the driest February in decades, killing crops and precipitating a power shortage that threatens to hit copper mines in a key producing region. Photographer: Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa

Volunteers of the Central University of Venezuela firefighter brigade battle a wildfire in Henri Pittier National Park in Maracay, Venezuela on March 29.

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Venezuela battles record wildfires worsened by Amazon drought

COST OF LIVING

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

A car sits on top of a pile of debris during a rain storm in Studio City, California, on February 5, 2024.

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Storms in California hit homeowners already facing an insurance crisis

An aerial picture taken on September 30, 2022 shows the only access to the Matlacha neighborhood destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida. - Forecasters expect Hurricane Ian to cause life-threatening storm surges in the Carolinas on Friday after unleashing devastation in Florida, where it left a yet unknown number of dead in its wake. After weakening across Florida, Ian regained its Category 1 status in the Atlantic Ocean and was headed toward the Carolinas, the US National Hurricane Center said Friday.

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Senate committee investigating Florida’s state-backed home insurance company as private insurers flee