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  • How Climate Change Is Erasing The Past

    How Climate Change Is Erasing The Past

    When Omar El Akkad returned to the playground where he snuck his first kiss as a teenager in Doha, Qatar, he was dismayed to find the swings and slides replaced with skyscrapers and hotels. But the rapid urban transformation of one of the richest countries on Earth reminded him of another kind of obliteration, a…


  • Satellite Images Show Vast Swaths Of The Arctic On Fire

    Satellite Images Show Vast Swaths Of The Arctic On Fire

    Vast stretches of Earth’s northern latitudes are on fire right now. Hot weather has engulfed a huge portion of the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland to Siberia. That’s helped create conditions ripe for wildfires, including some truly massive ones burning in remote parts of the region that are being seen by satellites.