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red research ship next to edge of Antarctic ice

When glaciers calve: Huge underwater tsunamis found at edge of Antarctica, likely affecting ice melt

By Michael Meredith | Climate Change

How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California

By Chad Small | Climate Change

The underwater Amazon: Kelp forests are crucial to the fight against climate change. Here’s how they could be saved.

By Paul Tullis | Climate Change, Investigative Reporting

In Sudan, “climate wars” are useful scapegoats for bad leaders

By Harry Verhoeven | Climate Change, Multimedia

Patagonian paradise lost? The environmental hazards of farming fish in a warming world

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

group of people in discussion

At COP27, nations agree on loss and damage fund, but at what cost?

By Fiona Harvey | Climate Change

The geothermal moonshot

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Students participating in the 2018 National School Walkout

From guns to climate, America keeps proving it doesn’t really care about kids

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

nuclear power plant at night

Climate activists contest the EU’s “green” designation for gas and nuclear energy

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

DeepMind’s David Silver speaks to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters. Photo provided by David Silver and used with permission.

DeepMind’s David Silver on games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters

By Susan D’Agostino | Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Image of Arctic area taken aboard US aircraft en route to Europe 2014. Credit: Diana Marvin. Used with permission.

Reimagining the Open Skies Treaty: cooperative aerial monitoring

By Rose Gottemoeller, Diana Marvin | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Bees together. Honeybees (Apis melifera) on wild fennel. Credit: Jack Wolf. CC BY-ND 2.0.

A taste of radioactive honey: The long-lived legacies of nuclear testing

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk