effects of climate change
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too
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MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of ...
Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change and merit immediate protection from logging
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Forests are an essential part of Earth’s operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ...
2023 obliterates temperature records to become warmest year in recorded history
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In 2023, the effects of climate change were so pronounced that scientists confirmed it would be the warmest year in ...
Training a new generation of ‘climate doctors’
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For Dr. Aaron Hultgren, the wake-up call was Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when the young emergency physician returned from an ...
Climate change imperils cranberry crop
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One of the few fruits native to North America, cranberries were first harvested by the continent’s Indigenous people and are ...