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Can we transform how we power and feed the world in time to head off climate change?

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Climate Change

A Full Life

A science-fiction story about America in the age of climate change.

by Paolo Bacigalupi
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

Our planetary health report card looks really grim

We must do better.

by Rachel Cernansky
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

Conceptual collage illustration of woman, rising temperatures and smoke stack.

Climate Change

Lessons from a genocide can prepare humanity for climate apocalypse

The bad news is that our slow-motion ecological catastrophe demands new ways of thinking. The good news? We’ve faced the end of the world before.

by Roy Scranton
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

Get ready for tens of millions of climate refugees

Researchers are creating models of where people will move when climate shocks hit, but so far we’re just making educated guesses.

by Susan Cosier
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

The economic argument behind the Green New Deal

Economist Mariana Mazzucato explains how rethinking industrial policy could be key to tackling climate change.

by David Rotman
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

Climate Change

India’s surging economy could doom climate efforts—unless richer nations step up

No matter how fast the country builds new solar and wind farms, that alone won’t be enough.

by James Temple
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

Inside Australia’s plan to survive bigger, badder bushfires

Unprecedented wildfires are breaking out all over the world. Is Australia leading the way in fighting them?

by Bianca Nogrady
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

What one woman’s quest to save her neighbors reveals about climate resilience

The weather will get worse, but that doesn’t mean disasters have to.

by Karen Hao
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

Why seaweed is strangling Mexican tourism, and how science could help

Sargassum is infesting Mexico’s coastline. Researchers are scrambling to stop an ecological crisis, and maybe even make something good of it.

by Lauren Zanolli
2019-04-24T07:05:00-04:00

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Climate Change

The “mind-boggling” task of protecting New York City from rising seas

There are plans to fortify the city’s 520 miles of coast—but some of them will be unpopular.

by Courtney Humphries
2019-04-24T07:00:25-04:00

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