Environment

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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Climate in Crisis

Whitmer signs package to push Michigan to 100% clean energy by 2040

A Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner takes off from Heathrow airport flying entirely on sustainable aviation fuel on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

First long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable aviation fuel takes off

Steam and exhaust rise from various industries in Oberhausen, Germany.

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Climate in Crisis

U.N. looks to bring order to carbon markets scrutinized by environmentalists

brazil brasil heatwave

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Climate in Crisis

Taylor Swift concert runs into brutal Brazilian heat wave

global warming ice glacier melting

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Climate in Crisis

Scientists say Earth on track for disastrous sea level rise

Image: A Phoenix resident rests under shade while seeking protection from the sun and heat at the Human Services Campus during a record heat wave in Phoenix on July 18, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

Global heat deaths could quadruple if action is not taken on climate change, study finds

Image: APEC Economic Leaders Hold Meetings In San Francisco

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Climate in Crisis

U.S. and China pledge to cooperate on climate ahead of Biden-Xi meeting

Gilda Jackson walks on a pasture where she grows hay in Paradise, Texas, Aug. 21, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

Worsening warming is hurting people in all regions, U.S. climate assessment shows

Wind turbines in Palm Springs

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Climate in Crisis

Wind power industry in moment of reckoning as stocks fall and earnings crumble

Makatla Ritchter, left, and her mother, Keiphra Line wade through flood waters in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

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Climate in Crisis

U.S., already hit by 25 disasters of $1 billion each, could see more flooding this year

Rabbit fire in Riverside County, CA

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Climate in Crisis

Earth just had its hottest 12 months ever recorded, analysis finds

People sunbathe in France in October.

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Climate in Crisis

Red hot October almost guarantees 2023 will be the hottest year on record

The nearly dried-up Lake Urmia, a landlocked saltwater lake located in Iran.

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Climate in Crisis

Drought that has hammered Syria, Iraq and Iran was exacerbated by climate change

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Climate in Crisis

Major wind energy developer scraps two big offshore projects

A satellite image of Hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's Pacific coast near Acapulco on Oct. 24, 2023.

Climate in Crisis

Why Hurricane Otis' 'nightmare' rapid intensification has scientists alarmed

A Chevron gas station in Texas.

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Climate in Crisis

Why Exxon and Chevron are doubling down on fossil fuel energy with big acquisitions

Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf in West Antarctica

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Climate in Crisis

Melting of West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be completely unavoidable already, new comprehensive study finds

Coral bleaching in Florida

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Environment

Extreme ocean temperatures threaten to wipe out Caribbean coral

Climate in Crisis

In search of 10 billion missing snow crabs, scientists eye marine heat waves

Climate in Crisis

As temperatures rise, songbirds struggle to keep young healthy, researchers find

EastGRIP Project Studies Greenland's Ancient Ice To Learn About Future Sea-Level Rise

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Climate in Crisis

Climate tipping points near for Greenland, but it's not too late to save ice sheets, researchers say

Puraquequara Lake affected by the drought, in Manaus

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Climate in Crisis

Amazon rainforest port records lowest water level in 121 years amid drought

A dead Gray Whale sits on the beach at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes Station.

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Climate in Crisis

Hundreds of gray whales have washed up dead since 2019. Scientists think they know why.

A flood that burst through a major hydroelectric dam in India's Himalayan northeast killed at least 31 people, officials said Friday, as ice-cold water swept through mountain towns, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.

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World

Icy flood that killed at least 41 in India’s northeast had been feared for years

The Climeworks CO2 collector at the Zukunftsmuseum in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2021.

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Climate in Crisis

Africa’s first carbon-removal plant stokes questions about responsible climate solutions

Tree Frog

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Climate in Crisis

More than 2,000 species of amphibians are threatened by extinction

Canadian wildfire smoke travels towards Fla., on Oct. 3, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

Florida hit by Canadian smoke from historic wildfire season

Pope Francis in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

Pope Francis says 'irresponsible' Western lifestyle must change to save Earth from global warming

The Blue Tits get into the River Deben for a swim in Woodbridge, Suffolk on April 19, 2023.

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World

U.K.'s filthy waterways foul up government image as companies dump sewage in rivers

A flooded street in Williamsburg, New York on Sept. 29, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

Flash floods foreshadow a threatening reality in New York City

A barge passes on the Mississippi River

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Environment

Salt water creeping up Mississippi could cause health concerns and more

Young climate activists take on European nations in a landmark court case

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Climate in Crisis

Young climate activists take on European countries in a landmark court case