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Air conditioning heats the climate. So how can I keep cool?
This is one of the most acute condundrums of climate change.
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Vox Americana
From Alaska to Louisiana, here are the voices of the new climate ‘normal'
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‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise
Officials prepare to elevate streets despite financial shortfalls, amid recognition that not every home can be saved.
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![Collage: A mountain and trees as a scoop of melting ice cream with a hovering cloud on top]()
Heat waves can be life-threatening — for more reasons than one
How heat and air pollution make a dangerous public health duo.
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Will history repeat in a dry Klamath Basin this summer?
This year’s drought is worse than in 2001, when political and environmental tensions exploded into the national spotlight.
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![Collage: A woman and man sitting on top of a speech bubble shape with a wildfire in the background]()
During wildfires and hurricanes, a language gap can be deadly
The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.
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Remember snow days? Today’s kids get heat days.
America’s schools are underprepared for the worst impacts of climate change.
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Why California is building new houses in the path of wildfires
The housing market is dangerously hot.
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A zombie-fire outbreak may be growing in the North
“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.
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![Fire blazing in the backgroud with two hot shot silhouetted in the foreground as they attempt to fight California wildfires]()
How federal agencies are failing their wildland firefighters
Wildland firefighters protect us. But are we taking care of them?
