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Climate Change Education Is Failing Our Youth
America’s youth deserve a livable planet. The first step is comprehensive climate education.
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Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
It was long accepted that the Vikings were the first people to settle the Faroe Islands, around 850 A.D. until traces of earlier occupation were announced in 2013. But not everyone was convinced. New probes of lake sediments clinch the case that others were there first.
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Blood Glacier and Creative Climate Storytelling for an Uncertain Future
A new eco-horror film highlights how filmmakers, journalists and artists can tell stories about climate change in ways science traditionally has not.
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Net Zero Pledges: Can They Get Us Where We Need to Go?
The latest U.N. climate summit resulted in a spate of new net zero pledges. But net zero doesn’t necessarily mean cutting emissions.
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Study of West Antarctica’s Deep Past Reinforces Vulnerability to Melting
The continent’s western ice sheet turns out to once have been much bigger than previously thought. This implies that the now smaller version could waste quickly.
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To Solve Climate Change, We Need More Than Incremental Changes
The free market favors short-term profits and small-scale solutions. Funding the systemic changes that are needed will require more government backing and a change to our incentive structure.
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Reactions That Store Carbon Underground Can Cause Cracking. That’s Good News.
A laboratory experiment found that as CO2 solidified, it caused the rock around it to crack. In real reservoirs, this process could open up space to pump in more CO2.
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Three Questions About Last Weekend’s Devastating Tornado Outbreak
Natural hazards expert Chiara Lepore explains some of the factors that contributed to making the outbreak uncommonly dangerous.
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Beyond Climate Change: What Happens Once We Control the Global Thermostat?
We’re developing the tools to slow and reverse climate change. If we succeed, our species will be managing the planet’s atmosphere indefinitely.
