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O redwood tree, o redwood tree, can tree genetics save thee?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

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Interview: Author and activist Bill McKibben on the “timed test” of the climate crisis

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Interviews

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Not just the weather: How TV meteorologists influence the public’s views on climate

By John Morales | Climate Change, Columnists

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From denial to delay: How the oil industry refined its strategy on climate

By Naomi Oreskes, Jeff Nesbit | Climate Change, Opinion

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Beware the Blob! Ocean heat waves threaten microbes that help counter global warming

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

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Biden administration chose incremental change over sweeping climate action

By Theo Whitcomb | Climate Change

Aerial image of a landslide blocking Allenby Road in the Cowichan Valley

Atmospheric river brings floods, landslides, and maybe, a reckoning

By John Woodside | Climate Change

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Thanksgiving advice, 2021: How to deal with climate change-denying Uncle Pete

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Climate Change

How shifting ecoregions due to climate change complicates conservation

By Zach St. George | Climate Change

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COP 26 highlights an infuriating, depressing, miserable situation. And yet…

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change

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Is nuclear power sustainable in a carbon-free world? The case of Sweden.

By Robert Rosner, Sabrina Fields | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

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Nuclear energy: a distraction on the road to climate solutions

By Sharon Squassoni | Climate Change