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As the Arctic warms, the Inupiat adapt
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. In Utqiagvik, Alaska, Inupiat people say that change is a part of life.
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Forecast this 4th of July: Fireworks with a chance of lead exposure
A new study finds 'outrageous' concentrations of toxic metals in consumer fireworks.
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UN gives airlines a break on emissions targets because, duh, COVID-19
Airlines: Give us a break! UN: Done.
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Fake news is killing us. How can we stop it?
Here's what conspiracy theorists REALLY don't want you to know.
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Two new climate lawsuits give Big Oil the tobacco treatment
Two new lawsuits from Minnesota and Washington, D.C., hint that climate lawsuits against Big Oil might be making a comeback.
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A year after pledging to go ‘net-zero’, what has the UK achieved?
“Setting a target is one thing, hitting it is quite another."
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Why massive Saharan dust plumes are blowing into the US
Every summer, an atmospheric event propels desert dust thousands of miles across the Atlantic. This year is particularly bad, and timed terribly with Covid-19.
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Summer just started, and the Arctic already topped 100 degrees
100.4 degrees in Verkhoyansk, Russia, looks like an Arctic record.
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What greater good? COVID is unmasking America’s collective action problem.
The debate over masks shows the limits of American cooperation.
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Arctic forecast: Sunny with a higher chance of carbon emissions
A process called photomineralization could release an additional 30 billion metric tons of carbon from melting permafrost.
