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The climate change evidence right before our eyes. And a note on COVID-19

By John Mecklin | Climate Change

Hampton Roads. (Photo by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA.)

Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?

By Joan VanDervort

How we know the Earth is warming and humans are responsible

By Dana Nuccitelli

A forest test plot, where snow was removed to see the effects of the lack of this insulating blanket. (Image courtesy of Pamela Templer.)

Shorter, warmer winters, less snow. What next? Q&A with biologist Pamela Templer

By Dan Drollette Jr

Demand for coal in largest decline since end of World War II

By Jillian Ambrose | Climate Change

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

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