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To Slow Global Warming, Scientists Test Solar Geoengineering
A trial in California is testing a machine designed to reflect sunlight back into space. “All my colleagues hope that we never use these things,” one researcher said.
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How to make polluters pay
A new Vermont bill would create a “climate superfund.”
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Is It a Blizzard? A Nor’easter? And What’s the Difference?
How to stay safe when the snow is coming down.
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Why Is There So Much Plastic Food Packaging?
As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you.
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5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets
To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.
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Johnson Outlines Plan for Ukraine Aid; House Could Act Within Weeks
The G.O.P. speaker’s proposed conditions for sending a fresh infusion of military assistance to Kyiv are the strongest sign to date that he plans to defy critics in his own party and push through the aid package.
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Una nueva estrategia contra las inundaciones: las ‘ciudades esponja’
Un arquitecto paisajista de China tiene una sorpresiva estrategia para ayudar a gestionar las crecidas de agua provocadas por tormentas potenciadas por el cambio climático.
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Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?
Blocking solar rays. Sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ideas that sound like science fiction are now starting to become reality, raising concerns about safety.
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Angry Farmers Are Reshaping Europe
Farm protests are changing not only Europe’s food system but also its politics, as the far right senses an opportunity.
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Is Guyana’s Oil a Blessing or a Curse?
More than any single country, Guyana demonstrates the struggle between the consequences of climate change and the lure of the oil economy.
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Harsh Mongolian Winter Leaves Over 5 Million Animals Dead
Mass death caused by a weather event known in Mongolia as dzud has devastated herds, leaving thousands of families short of food.
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New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks
The latest in a string of ambitious climate regulations aims to clean up the heaviest polluters on the road. But truckers are worried.
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How Climate Change Is Changing Heatwaves
Climate change is making heat waves linger for longer stretches of time, exacerbating the effects of extreme temperatures.
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The Secret to Surviving Climate Apocalypse
The town of Bombay Beach, Calif., offers its residents a tight-knit community in the midst of catastrophe.
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Los científicos acaban de darle un golpe de realidad a la humanidad. Y el mundo será mejor por ello
De cara al futuro, deberíamos seguir el ejemplo de los geólogos y mantener un sano escepticismo ante la palabra Antropoceno.
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Methane From Landfills Is a Big Driver of Climate Change, Study Says
Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, at higher rates than previously estimated, the researchers said.
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A First Step Toward a Global Price on Carbon
A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy
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The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close
The company that owns the Merrimack and Schiller stations in New Hampshire plans to turn them into solar farms and battery storage for offshore wind.
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Biden Administration Restores Protections Under the Endangered Species Act
The rules give federal officials more leeway to protect species in a changing climate. Industry groups are expected to sue.
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