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The Alaska National Guard has been used to fight extensive Alaskan wildfires. (Photo by Sherman Hogue/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office.)

Brian Brettschneider: How climate change has already arrived in the Arctic

By John Krzyzaniak

Known as pyramid tents or Scott tents, they’re essentially the same tent design used by the original polar explorers a hundred years ago, capable of withstanding winds of up to 70 miles per hour. “They’re just so good, they got the design perfect,” says the author. Image courtesy of Peter Davis.

Peter Davis of the British Antarctic Survey on changes in the Thwaites Glacier

By Dan Drollette Jr

launch of atmospheric sampling balloon at South Pole

Keeping climate research going, despite coronavirus

By Maddie Stone | Biosecurity, Climate Change

The author during his time as a firefighter

Climate change and the coronavirus are upending the way we fight wildfires

By Don Whittemore | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Opinion

chart showing drop in oil prices

Double whammy: Coronavirus and price crash hit US oil states

By Jonathan P. Thompson | Climate Change

gas mask

Chaos in the oil sector: Not really good news for climate emissions

By Rebecca Leber | Climate Change

artist's rendering of CO2 as balloons in sky

How to explain climate change? With comic books

By Matteo Farinella | Climate Change

heron taking flight on Mississippi River

Trump, coronavirus, and climate change: using a pandemic to gut the EPA

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

Man with face mask against hazy cityscape

Virus aftermath: Optimism or pessimism about its effect on climate change?

By Fred Pearce | Climate Change, Special Topics

truck driving through high water in Florida storm

Is FEMA footing the bill for others’ repeated climate-change mistakes?

By Alice C. Hill | Analysis, Climate Change

Japan waters down climate commitments, using coronavirus as an excuse

By Fiona Harvey | Climate Change

human fingers touching robot fingers

Will the coronavirus have a lasting impact on carbon emissions?

By Amy Myers Jaffe | Climate Change