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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.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Big Oil partners with clean energy to advance geothermal energy

Big Oil partners with clean energy to advance geothermal energy

Urban heat forest planting

Louisville uses trees to tackle urban heat and health disparities

legal rights for nature

Ecuador’s forest win sets global precedent for nature’s legal rights

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Cancer Alley Louisiana

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

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Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute

Judge halts methane regulation in five states over states' rights dispute