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Energy Singularity

The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race

Mana Pools National Park. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking in water. Zimbabwe. (Photo by: Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed citizens left hungry by drought

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Julian Quinones, CNN

A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge

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Søren Rysgaard

A landslide triggered a 650-foot mega-tsunami in Greenland. Then came something inexplicable

Cressida Gethin outside Isleworth Crown Court in 2023.

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Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves

Aerial view of the site of a future coal mine to be developed by West Cumbria Mining, in Whitehaven, Britain, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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UK court rules government plan to build first new coal mine in decades unlawful on climate grounds

A drone image shows a sunken German warship from World War II, exposed due to low Danube river levels caused by drought and extreme heat, in Prahovo, Serbia, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic

Djordje Kojadinovic/Reuters

Drought-hit Danube River reveals scuttled German World War II ships

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National Nuclear Security Administration

The US is dismantling nuclear warheads to power the next generation of reactors

Weather

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Flooding in North Carolina swamps cars and roads near the Waterfront Villas and Marina in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, on Monday, September 16.

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A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina

Situation after extreme rainfall in the Moravian-Silesian Region, flooded Odra River in Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 16, 2024. Firefighters are evacuating people from Moravska Ostrava and Privoz. Photo/Jaroslav Ozana (CTK via AP Images)

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At least 17 killed in floods as a month’s worth of rain pounds central Europe

Solutions

Climeworks' Mammoth plant, unveiling.

The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works

Long Island, N.Y.: An operational wind turbine, along with two under construction behind it, and a lifting barge, are seen in this photo taken at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean, on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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Offshore wind projects have been dogged by inflation and culture wars. Now they’re making a comeback

Rendering of the Equatic 3,650tpa CDR plant under construction in Singapore.

Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

Chinese leader Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of a summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on September 5.

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Xi Jinping had one message for dozens of visiting African leaders: choose China

Two one-year old baby mountain gorillas swing from branches as they play together in the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo)

This tourism experience costs $800 for an hour. Here’s why it’s worth it

Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dar.com%2Fwork%2Fproject%2Fnew-administrative-capital" target="_blank" target="_blank">6.5 million residents</a>. The government says its goal is to bring relief to overcrowded Cairo, but critics believe it is diverting resources from other needs.

Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital

Electric car charging in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is looking to electric cars to help drive its green transition

The IceNode robot, designed to study ice and ocean
properties in a changing Arctic environment, deployed at
Ice Camp Whale during Operation Ice Camp (ICE CAMP)
2024. ICE CAMP is a three-week operation run by the
Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) that allows the
Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic,
increase experience in the region, advance
understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue
to develop relationships with other services, allies, and
partner organizations. Capable of sustained operations
below the ice, IceNode can support tasks for Navy
operations and gather data to improve predictions for
sea-ice extent in a warming environment
(see: climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice). This
work was funded by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
which is managed for the agency by Caltech. This work
was supported by the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Submarine Lab
(ASL), with acknowledgement to the field team who
assisted deployment and recovery of the robot

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<p>Activist, investor, political donor and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer joins Fareed to talk about his new book “Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War.”</p>

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On GPS: Can clean energy arrive quickly enough? 5:53

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Coral seeding devices, Great Barrier Reef, 2024

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These devices are helping deliver 1 million baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef 5:23

Features

Julian Quinones/CNN

‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?

A turtle swims in a shallow lagoon at Lady Elliot Island, off the Queensland Coast.

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

EXTREMES

GAIN Summit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 2024

Why these Gulf states want to be AI superpowers

People shelter from the rain under umbrellas as they walk across a bridge over the Biala River in Glucholazy, southern Poland on Saturday.

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At least 8 dead as heaviest rain in decades hits parts of central and eastern Europe

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Tropical storm warnings issued for the Carolina coast as forecasters predict heavy rain and coastal flood threat

WATER

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Fact-checking night 1 of the Democratic National Convention

Aerial panoramic view from a drone of Agios Prokopios or Prokopi sandy beach in Naxos Island. Local Greeks and foreign tourists are protesting against the extensive occupation of the coast of umbrellas and sunbeds in the Greek islands and mainland, a growing nationwide movement against the expansion of expensive rented shadow. Beachbars are occupying larger areas than their permission which do not allow people to have free access to the beach. Similar incidents occurred in Agia Anna and Plaka beach. In Naxos the movement ''Save the beaches of Naxos now!'' emerged forming a legal complaint in the prosecutor similar to Paros Island with the media known name Towel Movement led to the government to bring inspectors. Naxos is part of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece on August 2023.

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The Greek islands are grappling with a water crisis as tourist season kicks into gear

PRESIDIO, TEXAS - MARCH 14: In an aerial view, the Rio Grande forms the U.S.-Mexico border at Big Bend Ranch State Park on March 14, 2024 near Presidio, Texas. The border between the two nations stretches nearly 2,000 miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and is marked by fences, deserts, mountains and the Rio Grande, which runs the entire length of Texas. The politics and controversies surrounding border and immigration issues have become dominant themes in the U.S. presidential election campaign. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win

COST OF LIVING

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 29 : A general view from the site after Hurricane Ian left Florida on Thursday following making landfall as a devastating Category 4 hurricane, on September 29, 2022 in Florida, United States. Widespread catastrophic damage has been left in much of southwestern Florida as 2.6 million people continue to lack power and thousands remain stranded. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024.

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Homes in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

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The home insurance market is crumbling. These owners are paying the price