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The Western U.S. Is Burning, and There Aren't Enough Firefighters to Stop It
The Forest Service has spent $800 million trying to control wildfires this year
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The findings that make a nonsense of claims of a 'pause' in global warming
Climate scientists are predicting that 2015 will be the hottest year on record “by a mile”, with the increase in worldwide average temperatures dramatically undermining the idea that global warming has stopped – as some climate-change sceptics claim.
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The Pope and the Planet by Bill McKibben
The pope’s encyclical on climate change is entirely different from what the media reports might lead one to believe. Instead of a narrow and focused contribution to the climate debate, it turns out to be nothing less than a sweeping, radical, and highly persuasive critique of how we inhabit this planet—an ecological critique, yes, but also a moral, social, economic, and spiritual commentary.
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Melting Ice Causes Thousands Of Walrus To Wash Up On Alaskan Shore
Several thousand walruses have fled to the Alaskan shore due to melting ice in the Pacific.
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Study: Polar bears could feel sting of climate change by 2025
About a third of the world's polar bears could be in imminent danger from greenhouse gas emissions in as soon as a decade, a U.S. government report shows.
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6 Ways Climate Change in Alaska Will Affect You
Ten scientists were given just five minutes each to get across the essence of what often involved years or even decades of research and why it matters to Americans.
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In The Stomach Of A Seabird, A Glimpse Of An Ocean Heating Up
As the Pacific Ocean warms, the diet of Alaska's seabirds has been changing along with it. Now, on the eve of President Obama's visit to the state, researchers aren't the only ones paying attention.
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The Nations That Will Be Hardest Hit by Water Shortages by 2040
Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Spain, Greece, and Chile are all headed towards dangerous levels of water stress.
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Largest Ever Citizen Consultation on Climate Change #WWViews Report Summarized
The vast majority of global citizens - almost 80 per cent - feel very concerned about the impacts of climate change, whilst two out of three citizens think that climate action is an opportunity to improve their quality of life. These are the top findings of the largest ever citizen consultation on climate change carried out by the more than 100 partners of the World Wide Views Alliance ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December.
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YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY
Confused about the conflicts in Syria? This comic strip explains it all in under 5 minutes
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The World Lost An Area Of Trees Twice The Size Of Portugal In 2014
Tropical countries saw an "alarming" surge of tree cover loss in 2014, according to a new report.
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Obama Drills: Mark Fiore
The latest animation in Mark Fiore's award-winning series explores President Obama's visit to Alaska and his contradictory policies. Watch the clip and read the animator's thoughts on the topic, below.
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A Race Against Time
For 25 years, Dan Fagre and his team of scientists have worked to chronicle and understand the melting glaciers of Glacier National Park
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Artic animals that can't cope with climate change face death | The Japan Times
When it comes to coping with climate change in the Arctic region, which is warming at three times the global average, some animals are more equal than othe
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Could diesel made from air help tackle climate change?
Making diesel out of thin air sounds like something from science fiction. But small companies in Germany and Canada are doing precisely this - capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and finding ways to sell it.
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California passes bill forcing biggest pension funds to divest from coal
Bill targets state public employees’ and teachers’ pension plans and Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign it into law
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Norway's Underground Seed Vault Could Save Humanity From Extinction
It's the Noah's arc of food.
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This animation shows what the continents would look like if all the ice on Earth melted
This doesn't look good for Florida. Global warming is bad and every day we don't do anything about it we should feel bad.
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Island nations call for global moratorium on coalmines
Six island nations which are at risk of climate change have joined calls for a global moratorium on new coal mines.
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Two degrees of climate change may be too much
Touring Alaska this week to shine a spotlight on global warming, President Obama warned that “climate change is no longer some far-off problem. It is happening here; it is happening now. Climate change is already disrupting our agriculture and ecosystems, our water and food supplies, our energy, our infrastructure, human health, human safety. Now. Today.”
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