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Brett Buzzanga: Let’s not declare war on climate change
We can choose to live with it or fight against it, but it would serve us well to remember what Rachel Carson told us 60 years ago: "We are a part of nature, and our war against nature is inevitably a war against ourselves.”
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Canadian scientist examines melting Antarctic glacier, potential sea level rise
The Arctic sea ice has suffered devastating loss and has shrunk to its second lowest on record. Melting sea ice is just one of many signs of a warming climate in the North. Emanuela Campanella explains how climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic Circle.
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Greenland could lose more ice this century than it has in 12,000 years
The rate of ice melt over the last two decades was comparable to the highest points in recent geologic history—and it’s still speeding up.
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How Hurricane Laura hastened Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing wetlands
Strong storms temporarily change an ecosystem, and over time, they could help permanently alter it.
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Greta Thunberg wasn't the first to demand climate action. Meet more young activists
In what they see as a battle for their future, youths are taking action and demanding their elders do more to protect the planet.
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A huge iceberg just broke off Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
Huge blocks of ice regularly shear away from Antarctica’s ice shelves, but the losses are speeding up.
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Newly spotted lakes on Greenland ice sheet are speeding up its demise
Satellite sleuthing reveals that Greenland summers now are warm enough to create 27 percent more lakes than 20 years ago, and at higher elevations.
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