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Wind and solar farms can make their own weather, including extra rain over the Sahara
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Wind and solar farms can make their own weather, including extra rain over the Sahara

You already know that using solar and wind power can influence the climate by reducing our dependence on heat-trapping fossil fuels. Now scientists say these renewable forms of energy can change the climate more directly — and do it in ways that might surprise you.
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Racing to save Florida’s coral from climate change, scientists turn to a once-unthinkable strategy: ‘Assisted evolution’
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Racing to save Florida’s coral from climate change, scientists turn to a once-unthinkable strategy: ‘Assisted evolution’

Climate change is bringing coral reefs in the Florida Keys and around the world to the brink of extermination. Can science save them? A mass effort is underway, raising questions about how much intervention is appropriate and how much it can actually help.
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Even with pledges to fight global warming, you'd better brace yourself for more extreme weather
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Even with pledges to fight global warming, you'd better brace yourself for more extreme weather

Scientists have some sobering news about the future of our planet: Even if humans manage to meet the temperature target set forth in the Paris climate change agreement, record-breaking weather events will become increasingly common around the world.
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EPA chief moves to dismantle climate protections

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Opinion: Cuts to NOAA threaten U.S. climate research and weather forecasting

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Trump administration halts $1.7 billion in EPA grants for pollution-hit communities

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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

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Trump administration may cancel hydrogen hub projects in Democratic-led states

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Climate-fueled disasters surged in 2024 as FEMA faces political threats