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climate change & rising humidity
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Heat waves aren’t just getting hotter—they’re stickier too

This summer's extraordinary heat is but a preview of what's to come: Humidity not only makes daytime highs more miserable, it extends the hotness through the night.
Causes
Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory climate science

On Utqiagvik's edge, an observatory measures the gases that are warming the Arctic and the planet

NOAA’s Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory got a big upgrade enabling more science at a time when climate-change conditions are getting worse.

Impacts
Greenland's melt events traced to atmospheric rivers, climate change
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Greenland's melt events traced to atmospheric rivers, climate change

A new study highlights how a stream of warm, moist air caused excessive melting over Greenland in 2021, an increasingly common occurrence over the past decade.
Impacts
Climate change upped the odds of Harvey’s extreme rains, study finds
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Climate change upped the odds of Harvey’s extreme rains, study finds

It could be the first of many studies of climate change and the extreme 2017 hurricane season.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Pipette filling tubes with purple liquid in a lab.

Congress questions who’s in control as Trump budget cuts disrupt NIH research

Two turtles swim in green water.

Toxic algae are quietly killing wildlife and rewriting the rules of water

View of small icebergs floating on the water with dark mountains in the background.

Arctic spring heatwave linked to fossil fuel emissions shattered century-old records

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Jellyfish floating in the ocean

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

Green coral on a reef.

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

Wildfire smoke in the distance with a forested hill in the foreground.

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

CLIMATE
A power plant emits pollution through a chimney located next to electricity transmission pylons.

Fossil fuel lobbyists are rewriting clean energy laws to keep methane gas on top

A flock of birds flies over a green field during daytime with trees and giant wind turbines in the background.

Simple fixes and smart tech could help wind farms save birds