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Beyond the Winners, Nobel Prize for Climate Science Is a Victory for Many
Research in the field is more collaborative than the Nobel awards can acknowledge
Research in the field is more collaborative than the Nobel awards can acknowledge
The new rules could put pressure on Facebook to take similar steps
Just 30 percent of cars on the road will be electric by 2050 under current policies, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says
The prestigious award finally recognizes work that helped scientists understand climate change and, more broadly, find order in disorder
Despite its controversial past, the quirky desert facility is becoming increasingly relevant as it turns 30
A reflective gray material can lower road surface temperatures
The state is using the money to upgrade drinking and wastewater systems, improve streamflows, and relocate vulnerable fish
The strain from COVID will mean fewer resources and less attention on reducing carbon footprints
The severe dry conditions have left critical reservoirs depleted and helped fuel intense wildfires
We also need to talk about emotions and discuss pathways to action
Unless greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly, warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, Iowa tropical and India too hot to live in
Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsize roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide.
High, rocky peaks are no longer an insurmountable hurdle for ever fiercer flames fueled by heat and drought
Tropical cyclones are becoming more intense, but not necessarily more frequent, with climate change
Nearly a billion years ago, the planet was almost wholly encased in thousands of feet of ice—and then, somehow, it emerged
Although conflagrations in lower latitudes get more attention, wildfires across the high north are affecting the planet even more
The announcement came as the U.S. promised to quadruple its international climate finance contributions
Changes in the position of the fast-moving air current could disrupt weather patterns
Chief among them are convincing other countries to sign on and putting specific policies in place
The experiments will help better understand how much inundation trees can stand before they succumb
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