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The scientists making antacids for the sea to help counter global warming
The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into the water.
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Opinion: We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse
How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role.
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More children are powering their own wheels to school as part of ‘bike buses’
School kids who ride in packs led by adults to school improve both their health and their grades, reduce traffic and pollution around schools and help cut climate-warming emissions.
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Trump pulls out of global climate treaty
The action could make it more difficult for a future administration to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the agreement among most nations to fight climate change.
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Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
‘Everybody loses’ if production is supercharged in a country with the largest known oil reserves, critics say.
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7 numbers that explain why the future of buildings is all-electric
Key indicators, from the cost of fossil gas to the number of heat pumps sold, signal building decarbonization will march onward in the U.S. despite challenges.
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FEMA staff bracing for dismissal of 1,000 disaster workers
The job cuts expected this month are part of a plan by the Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, to remake the agency.
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