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Climate change threatens St. Andrews, golf's birthplace
The Old Course, site of this year’s British Open, could be more vulnerable to floodwaters in the coming decades. Other links courses are even more imperiled.
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Golf courses on borrowed time as Earth's weather patterns become more wild
Managing the turf on golf courses also means using carbon-intensive fertilizers, plenty of mowing and, in many cases, clearing forests or trees that were soaking up carbon-dioxide to make way for long tracts of fairway. In other words, golf is a dirty sport that's wrecking the planet.
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Climate project reveals racial tensions at Minnesota golf course
Black people faced overt discrimination on this city's public golf courses until the 1950s. Now climate change is elevating golf's racist past once again.
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Green golf homes in five global destinations
Golf homes, like the courses themselves, are getting more environmentally conscious as climate change threats grow in golf-friendly territory.
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‘Overtaken by aliens’: India faces another plague as locusts swarm
Blizzards of bugs are descending on India at an already tough time. Scientists say climate change is making the infestation worse.
Trump thinks climate change is fake news - except at his golf course
"I don’t believe it," Trump says, but his business dealings indicate otherwise.
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