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Is it time to change the definition of drought?
In coming decades, many regions of the world will enter permanent dry or wet conditions under modern definitions of drought, according to new research. The findings reveal the importance of rethinking how we classify these events as well as how we respond to them.
The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastier
Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain’t sneezed nothing yet.
Survey suggests climate change has reduced presence of invasive Argentine ants
A nearly 30-year survey, conducted at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, has found that the distribution of Argentine ants has shrunk as a result of climate change. Meanwhile, native species are faring better.
A world of searing heat and melted ice caps: Climate model of early Eocene is 'scary finding' for earth's future
Researchers have managed to simulate the climate during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum - when Earth was 14 degrees Celsius warmer than it is now.
Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
Yale economist William Nordhaus has devoted his life's work to understanding the costs of climate change and advocating the use of a carbon tax to curb global warming.
US says driving would be riskier if fuel standards tougher
The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards.