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Rising temperatures leaves more and drier land vulnerable to wildfires, which results in more carbon released into the atmosphere.

27 August 2018

Global warming is changing the jet stream, increasing extreme weather events

The warming climate is changing the jet stream, resulting in more extreme weather events like heat waves, persistent drought conditions that increase the risk of…

27 August 2018

Global warming is changing the jet stream, increasing extreme weather events

The first half of 2018 was the 14th warmest January-June on record. (Source: Actual data)

7 August 2018

Ever-rising temps, but are your representatives feeling the heat?

The White Cliffs of Dover have nothing to do with sea level rise

19 May 2018

The truth about sea level rise

Alternative energy

Norway's Havyard Group ASA is filling 13 orders for zero-emission ferries received since 2016 (Photo: Carina Johansen/Bloomberg)

14 March 2018

Batteries a clean energy solution for shipping

For every one bird killed by a wind turbine, fossil fuel-powered plants kill 2,188 birds. (Photo: David Clarke)

8 March 2018

Wind farms least threat to birds

Marine life

The rosette holds Niskin bottles that collect water at different depths and help measure conductivity (salinity), temperature, and pressure.

21 July 2018

Examining the health of Puget Sound aboard the research vessel Rachel Carson

23 March 2018

Soft robotic fish revolutionize marine research

Scientists have developed a way to predict where coral reefs will be most vulnerable to ocean acidification, (Hannah Barkley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

11 March 2018

How ocean acidification harms coral reefs

Pollution

New research confirms Dr. King's declaration that segregation is bad for our health.

4 April 2018

Pollution discriminates: worse in segregated areas, research shows

The River Tame, near Manchester, U.K., has the highest microplastic pollution yet discovered anywhere in the world.

12 March 2018

Microplastic pollution in ocean numbers beyond trillions

6 March 2018

How plastic pollution harms marine life

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