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Youth holding signs at climate protest

Fed up: High stakes but lower hopes in run-up to COP26

By John Morales | Climate Change

Sea nettle jellyfish swimming at Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. Credit: Photollama. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant. Again.

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Joe Manchin smiling at rally

Joe Manchin listens to WV climate activists. But does he hear them?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

gas burner flames

Despite pledges to take action, almost no nations are cutting down fossil fuel production

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

A rare spotting of a blue whale tail fluke. Credit: Mike Baird. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Nuclear bomb detectors reveal hidden blue whale population

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

Yellow Warbler

First came global warming. Then hurricanes. Then more migratory bird deaths?

By John Morales | Analysis, Climate Change, Columnists, Personal Essay

Orionid Star Trail Composite. Credit: ikewinski. Accessed via Creative Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Satellites and climate change threaten the night. This October meteor shower celebrates it.

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change

Paying for preparedness: Climate change role-play is suddenly real

By John Morales | Analysis, Climate Change, Columnists

Carbon capture—dream or nightmare—could be coming. Or not.

By Jon Gertner | Climate Change

Yes, the IPCC report was bad. But we can still salvage a livable planet.

By John Morales | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

flood water sign

The A1 Verse: Water, water, every where

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Special Topics

Leaked UN draft report: Greenhouse emissions must peak in four years

By Fiona Harvey, Giles Tremlett | Climate Change