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mountain peaks projecting up above a surface of inland ice and snow in West Antarctica

How we know Antarctica is rapidly losing more ice

By Martin Siegert | Climate Change

Fisherman on the Conejos River in Colorado.

Peak water in an era of climate change

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change

Two scenarios for the melting of the Alps' largest glacier

The Alps’ iconic glaciers are melting, but there’s still time to save (most of) the biggest

By Matthias Huss | Climate Change, Special Topics

No debate: On existential threats, Biden, Trump, and CNN all largely failed

By John Mecklin, Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

Is there any debate? This is the existential threat scorecard you need to rate the Biden and Trump matchup

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

artist's rendering of proposed Morro Bay battery storage

$600 million battery storage project meets resistance in California

By Erin Rode | Climate Change

Can electrically conductive bricks replace fossil fuels?

By Phil McKenna | Climate Change

wildfire illustration

An obscure emission from wildfire—black carbon—is accelerating snowmelt

By Matt Simon | Climate Change

New report chronicles toll of climate crisis on Latin America and the Caribbean

By Bob Berwyn | Climate Change

smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouds Manhattan

Cost of climate change comparable to economic damage caused by fighting a war

By Oliver Milman | Climate Change

corn maze with Einstein's face and spiral galaxy

Introduction: Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

Regenerative agriculture sequesters carbon—but that’s not the only benefit and shouldn’t be the only goal

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Special Topics