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The Arctic Is Undergoing Changes Scientists ‘Never Expected Would Happen This Soon’
Surprise, surprise: The Arctic didn’t do too well this past year. You can thank global warming for that.
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Report: Scientists Told To Keep Their Mouths Shut About Trump’s False Forecast
Hurricane Dorian may have come and gone, but apparently the debacle over Donald Trump’s faulty Alabama forecast has yet to reach rock bottom. Before the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration debased itself Friday by siding with Trump, a top NOAA official gave staff the downright Orwellian warning not to contradict the president’s bad take,…
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America Had A Wet, Hot 2018
On Tuesday, NOAA and NASA released their much-anticipated analyses of global climate trends for 2018. As we expected, the agencies confirmed it was the fourth-warmest year on record for planet Earth. But the reports also highlighted just how striking a year it was for the U.S. specifically, with most of the country feeling the heat…
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Native Hawaiians Turn To Ancient Traditions To Save Their Reefs
The mountains on the windward shores of Oahu, Hawaii, are prone to clouds. On a recent breezy summer day, though, it wasn’t water vapour that filled the air, but smoke. The mangroves were aflame. Local farmers were burning the invasive species to make room for taro, a native crop Hawaiians have grown since ancient times.