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The upper atmosphere is cooling, prompting new climate concerns

A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.
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The ozone layer’s recovery is good news for climate change, too

Scientists say strides in shrinking the “ozone hole” offer a path forward on global warming.
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Here's what a nuclear war would do to the planet, say scientists
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Here's what a nuclear war would do to the planet, say scientists

According to two studies, nuclear weapons could also pose a huge environmental threat.
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Smoke from Australian wildfires thinned ozone layer, study finds
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Smoke from Australian wildfires thinned ozone layer, study finds

Smoke from bushfires that spread across Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 destroyed high-altitude ozone in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a study that offers new insight into the threat posed by wildfires.

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Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds

Smoke injected high into the atmosphere by the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires resulted in a depletion of the ozone layer, new research has found.

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Hydrofluorocarbons are global warming super-culprits. The Senate should eliminate them
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Hydrofluorocarbons are global warming super-culprits. The Senate should eliminate them

President Biden submitted Tuesday an obscure international treaty to the Senate. It's a big deal.
‘Larger than usual’: this year’s ozone layer hole bigger than Antarctica
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‘Larger than usual’: this year’s ozone layer hole bigger than Antarctica

Scientists say ozone hole is unusually large for this stage in season and growing quickly.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
The Magdalena River in Colombia with a small tour boat on its banks and a sunset and trees in background.

Colombia’s largest oil company accused of hiding environmental damage

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Alexandria's fishing families stay put as seas rise around them

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Ecuador must expand protections for isolated Indigenous groups after court ruling

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Volunteers scramble to rescue federal environmental data as Trump administration pulls it offline

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Melting glaciers put global food and water systems at risk