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See what a year looks like in Svalbard, Norway, the fastest-warming place on Earth

Melting fjords, increasing avalanches, imperiled wildlife. Our photographer documented the effects of climate change through all four seasons in Svalbard, Norway.
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Foreign ministers flag climate change as major spark for conflicts

How climate change can help heal conflicts—not just fuel them

Increasingly, environmental cooperation is solving local conflicts around the world that are caused in part by global warming.
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Marine heat waves are on the rise. What are these blobs of hot water?
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Marine heat waves are on the rise. What are these blobs of hot water?

Climate change is causing intense warming of Earth’s oceans more often and for longer, posing big risks to the animals and plants that live there.
Solutions
To find old methane-leaking oil wells, researchers look to history
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To find old methane-leaking oil wells, researchers look to history

Old drawings, photos, and maps, often publicly available, give researchers the same perspective that 18th century prospectors had.
Politics
Economic lifeline or climate peril? East African pipeline is a new flashpoint
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Economic lifeline or climate peril? East African pipeline is a new flashpoint

The 900-mile pipeline would bring needed revenue to Uganda and Tanzania. But it would disrupt thousands of lives and key wildlife habitat—to say nothing of its climate impact.
Here’s how extreme heat is hurting pregnant women
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Here’s how extreme heat is hurting pregnant women

As the world gets hotter, scientists are documenting a spike in preterm and still births, along with underweight babies.
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In Scotland, a bird flu crisis threatens thousands of seabirds
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In Scotland, a bird flu crisis threatens thousands of seabirds

A mutated strain of avian influenza is killing unprecedented numbers of birds on the Shetland Islands, many of which are already under threat.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump administration accelerates Alabama coal expansion mostly for foreign steel markets

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Louisiana expands LNG exports as Trump fast-tracks new terminal permits

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UK residents take government’s climate strategy to European human rights court

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How fragile power grids and extreme weather combined to cause Europe’s biggest blackout in decades

Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

CLIMATE
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Mark Carney’s rise places Trump between two quiet climate champions

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Energy Star program faces shutdown as EPA reorganizes under Trump administration