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Climate change and human activity erode Egypt's treasured antiquities
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Climate change and human activity erode Egypt's treasured antiquities

The effects of global warming on the country’s monuments are already striking. And the changing weather is only amplifying centuries of destructive human impact.
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​​​​​​​Biden’s biggest idea on climate change is remarkably cheap

A new analysis from researchers at the University of Chicago and the Rhodium Group, an energy-research firm, finds that one of President Joe Biden’s marquee energy proposals—the one of the most likely to make it through Congress—has a good chance of working.

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Rising temps could kill millions a year by century's end

Deaths due to temperatures rising as a result of climate change could match the global death rate for all infectious diseases combined, researchers say.
Politics
Mark L. Hineline: Is fixing the climate incompatible with American ideals?
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Mark L. Hineline: Is fixing the climate incompatible with American ideals?

Our political institutions were given form in a time when nature was considered rather static and inexhaustible.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Coal use drives sharp rise in U.S. power plant emissions amid summer heat

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Cities are quietly outpacing nations in climate progress

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California residents challenge methane policy they say pollutes under the guise of clean energy

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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Our annual summer reading list, 2025 edition

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Major climate change reports vanish from US federal websites, raising transparency concerns