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In an aerial view, residential areas destroyed by the Eaton Fire are seen on January 19, 2025 in Altadena, California.

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Trump administration dismisses all authors of major climate report, throwing US assessment into limbo

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UK project trials carbon capture at sea to help tackle climate change

CHENNAI, INDIA DECEMBER 22: The black polymetallic sea nodules, the nickel, manganese and cobalt rich mineral deposits, these balls form naturally deep under the sea. Indian deep ocean exploration vehicle under development as part of Samudrayaan (Ocean Craft) program a part of deep ocean mission, seen on December 22, 2022 at the National Institute Of Ocean Technology Institute, Chennai, India. The metallic sphere is called Matysa 6000 and it is estimated it can travel to six kilometres below the sea surface. The endeavour is to explore the Indian Ocean to tap and mine the polymetallic sea nodules, the nickel, manganese and cobalt rich mineral deposits and to explore the biodiversity. Indian scientists are working to complete it as soon as possible. The pressurised crew module can accommodate three crew. (Photo by Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Why Trump is signing an executive action on mining the deep ocean

Photo of the GISS facility, Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall at the corner of Broadway and West 112th Street in New York City, on a sunny afternoon in July 2023.

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Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University

Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, on September 16, 2023.

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84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

SIMONS TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 29: African penguins gather at the end of the afternoon at Boulders Beach June 29,2010 in Simon's Town, South Africa. The vulnerable species live in a penguin colony in False Bay that is part of Table Mountain National Park. Since breeding two pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown over the years to over 3,000. Tourists in country for the World Cup have brought double the usual numbers of people visiting the famous penguin breeding ground. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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The Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant operates near Emmett, Kansas, on January 25.

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Trump administration minimized federal climate scientists’ findings of record CO2 growth

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Oklahoma could see ‘catastrophic’ flooding as severe weather threats stretch from Texas to Vermont

A weather forecast model depicts one possible scenario for where thunderstorms could be located Monday afternoon in the Upper Midwest.

Where a severe storm outbreak could spawn tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds tonight

Solutions

This photograph taken on September 2, 2018 shows a beach view in Ewa on the Pacific island of Nauru. - A cluster of corrugated iron huts resembling military barracks jut out of Nauru's sweltering rocky landscape to reveal refugee settlement camp number five, a place defined by desperation and rarely visited by outsiders. (Photo by Mike LEYRAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MIKE LEYRAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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A tiny island country is selling citizenship for $105,000 to save itself from rising seas

A forest the size of Mexico could store twice as much carbon as was thought. That makes its conservation even more valuable

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‘Fishing boat for energy’ will make hydrogen as it sails

Panorama view of the Swiss Alps - Canton of Grisons in Eastern Switzerland, a potential natural H2 exploration area.

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Vast reserves of game-changing clean fuel may be hidden under mountain ranges, scientists find

Pope Francis speaks during the meeting "Faith and Science: Towards COP26" at the Vatican October 4, 2021. Alessandro Di Meo/Pool via REUTERS

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How Pope Francis united a once-skeptical Church with climate action

Floating solar panels in Selangor, Malaysia, pictured in May 2023.

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US wants to slap tariffs as high as 3,500% on solar panels from Southeast Asia

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North Pole marathon 2011 - 9 Apr 2011
As if running a marathon wasn't difficult enough 27 hardy souls recently braved sub zero temperatures and polar bears to run one at the North Pole. One of the world's toughest races, the North Pole Marathon sees competitors from across the world race 26.2 mile (42.2km) across the ice and snow in temperatures of -32C. The endurance feat, which is known as the world's coolest marathon, is organised by Irishman Richard Donovan, who won the first ever South Pole Marathon in Antarctica in 2002. Before launching the North Pole contest he ran a solo marathon there himself to see if it could be done - becoming the first person to complete marathons at both poles. To complete the full distance competitors in the race run around a 5km circuit, pounding across six to 12 feet of ice covering the Arctic Ocean. Due to this, though they don't feel it, the ground is constantly moving beneath their feet with the ocean current. The 2011 marathon started at 10pm with competitors running through the Pole's 24-hr daylight.

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It’s the world’s northernmost airport. And its runway is melting

TOPSHOT - A police officer speaks to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg moments before she was arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane during the "Oily Money Out" demonstration organised by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace on the sidelines of the opening day of the Energy Intelligence Forum 2023 in London on October 17, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Greta Thunberg Fast Facts

<p>A research team in British Columbia, Canada, is using artificial intelligence to track orca populations and help shape strategies to protect their habitat.</p>

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Video Monitoring killer whales with AI 3:57

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‘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)

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

EXTREMES

A parent brings their child into Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies in Milwaukee on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. The Milwaukee Health Department has ordered the school to temporarily close starting Monday after finding “unsafe lead dust levels” within the building.

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Milwaukee announces additional school closures, new plan to address lead paint hazards as contamination crisis deepens

Canton - February 2: View of 34 Fairview Road in Canton, MA on February 02, 2022. Massachusetts State Police homicide detectives arrested Karen A. Read, 41, of Mansfield, on a manslaughter warrant in the Saturday death of John OKeefe, a Boston Police officer who was found unresponsive outside a Canton residence early Saturday morning. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Jury in Karen Read’s murder trial visits the home where boyfriend and police officer John O’Keefe was found dead outside

Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force search a flood damaged area with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Trump officials discuss making it much harder to qualify for federal disaster assistance, starting this hurricane season

WATER

Fake snow, made of cotton, is seen at a village in Chengdu, China.

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Snow joke: Chinese attraction apologizes for winter wonderland made of cotton and bedsheets

SANTA ANA, CA - APRIL 26: Pouring a glass of water from a kitchen faucet in Santa Ana on Friday, April 26, 2024. According to a study by the US Geological Survey, 45% of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health. In recent years, studies have found that humans exposed to some PFAS chemicals are more prone to everything from high cholesterol and hypertension to testicular cancer, breast cancer and, for girls, early-onset puberty. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

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Scientists discover concerning new source of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

An aerial view of colorful fall foliage in Vermont and New Hampshire on October 13, 2024.

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It’s not just you. Fall hasn’t really felt like fall this year and it’s a sign of things to come

COST OF LIVING

Donald Trump highlighted rising costs during his campaign to return to the White House.

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High grocery prices got droves of Americans to vote for Trump but they shouldn’t expect to pay less over the next four years

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance attend a debate hosted by CBS News in New York on Tuesday.

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Fact-checking the CBS News vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz

Harris’ Georgia challenge: reassembling Biden’s diverse 2020 coalition