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Battling lava and snowstorms to keep a climate project alive

Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano.
Sprawling coral reef resembling roses is discovered off Tahiti

Sprawling coral reef resembling roses is discovered off Tahiti

The reef, which is just under two miles long and is in “pristine” condition, was found by a team of divers mapping the ocean floor for UNESCO.
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Scripps simulator generates a huge indoor ocean
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

This groundbreaking simulator generates a huge indoor ocean

It’s a 32,000-gallon concrete tank with a wind tunnel grafted on top. With it, researchers can study the seas—and climate change—like never before.
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Giant Antarctic lake ‘suddenly disappears’ leaving four square mile crater

Researchers believe it could have important implications for global warming projections – and the possible collapse of ice shelves.
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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere hits record high despite pandemic dip
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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere hits record high despite pandemic dip

Global emissions dropped last year, but the decline wasn’t nearly enough to halt the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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‘Like trash in a landfill': Carbon dioxide keeps piling up in the atmosphere
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‘Like trash in a landfill': Carbon dioxide keeps piling up in the atmosphere

Levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide reached another record in May, the month when they normally peak.
Climate change will cost U.S. more in economic damage than any other country but one
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Climate change will cost U.S. more in economic damage than any other country but one

The first country-by-country estimates of the social cost of carbon show who will pay more than their share, and which big emitters face the least economic impact.
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