7 h. ago One Seattle neighborhood braces for climate change, rising waters

One Seattle neighborhood braces for climate change, rising waters  The Seattle Times

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10 h. ago North Carolina had a housing crisis before Hurricane Helene; now it's even worse

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.

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57 h. ago These native California creatures are unusually well adapted for climate change

These native California creatures are unusually well adapted for climate change  San Francisco Chronicle

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58 h. ago Oil companies face a wrongful death suit tied to climate change

Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies' "misrepresentations" about climate change.

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2 d. ago Officials blame climate change for glacier collapse that destroyed Swiss town

A collapsing glacier roared down a mountainside in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday. It wiped out one village in its path. The destruction it caused surprised officials who blamed climate change.

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3 d. ago Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave

Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.

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3 d. ago Hawaii enacts 'green fee' on tourists to raise $100 million annually for climate, ecology protection

Hawaii's new "Green Fee" bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate change initiatives, wildlife conservation and infrastructure improvements, starting January 1.

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3 d. ago Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis

Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis  The Washington Post

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3 d. ago Energy Secretary Chris Wright argues climate change isn't a crisis

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is a former oil and gas executive who argues climate change isn't a crisis. Now he runs an agency that's responsible for developing alternative energy sources.

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8 d. ago Trump Tries to Make Sure States Don’t Fight Climate Change Either

Trump Tries to Make Sure States Don’t Fight Climate Change Either  Rolling Stone

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8 d. ago Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants

The agency plans to argue that carbon emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to climate change. Scientists disagree.

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8 d. ago Young people sued Montana over climate change and won. Republicans are pushing back

Young people in Montana won a lawsuit against the state for promoting fossil fuels, saying it violated the right to "a clean and healthful environment." This year, lawmakers tried to change that.

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9 d. ago The Pacific Coast Highway, a Mythic Route Always in Need of Repair

The highway embodies the California promise of freedom. But it keeps breaking. A recent trip along the roadway revealed the frustrations of many residents.

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9 d. ago Property owners urged to take action as study reveals overlooked flood risks

The risk of heavy rainfall and severe flooding increases with climate change. But property owners—regardless of size—often underestimate their own responsibility and are unaware of what preventive measures they can take themselves. In a new scientific article, researchers from Linköping University, Sweden, show how to go about preventive work.

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1 week ago From Brazil to Alaska: One Voyager's commitment to beating climate change

From Brazil to Alaska: One Voyager's commitment to beating climate change  Obama Foundation

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1 week ago Study: Climate change may make it harder to reduce smog in some regions

Ground-level ozone in North America and Western Europe may become less sensitive to cutting NOx emissions. The opposite may occur in Northeast Asia.

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1 week ago Violet Affleck argues with mother Jennifer Garner about true cause of California wildfires

Violet Affleck reflected on the impact of Los Angeles wildfires, emphasizing climate change awareness, and saying it caused an argument with her mother Jennifer Garner.

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1 week ago Nanofiltration approach can solve a bottleneck for CO₂ capture and conversion

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere efficiently is often seen as a crucial need for combating climate change, but systems for removing carbon dioxide suffer from a tradeoff. Chemical compounds that efficiently remove CO from the air do not easily release it once captured, and compounds that release CO efficiently are not very efficient at capturing it. Optimizing one part of the cycle tends to make the other part worse.

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1 week ago Large tornado outbreaks are becoming more common in the U.S.

Scientists are still teasing out the connections between climate change and tornadoes in the U.S. Large outbreaks of tornadoes are getting more common, but the total number of tornadoes isn't growing.

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1 week ago Large tornado outbreaks are becoming more common. But it's unclear why

It's getting more common for a lot of tornadoes to form over a big area in a short period of time. But the total number of tornadoes each year in the U.S. is stable.

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