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Heating Up

Big Data Predicts Centuries Of Harm If Climate Warming Goes Unchecked

Nov 30, 2015
It took about 30 teams of scientists worldwide, using supercomputers to churn through mountains of data, to see patterns aligning of what will happen decades and centuries from now.
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Environment
Al Gore (center) was U.S. vice president when he flew to Kyoto to join Japan's prime minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto (right) and foreign minister Keizo Obuchi (left) in trying to broker an international deal that would cut C02 emissions.

Kyoto Treaty Fizzled, But Climate Talkers Insist Paris Is Different

Nov 30, 2015
The 1997 Kyoto treaty set targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions that many nations didn't meet. This time, stakes are higher and all countries will be asked to set and meet their own limits.
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U.S.
Tim Meyers owns and operates Meyers Farm in Bethel, Alaska, where he says climate change seems to be providing a more hospitable environment for growing vegetables.

Rising Temperatures Kick-Start Subarctic Farming In Alaska

Nov 01, 2015
Producers and consumers in southwestern Alaska see one upside to climate change. It's now possible to farm in parts of the tundra where agriculture was unheard of just a few years ago.
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The Salt
A Gulf of Maine Research Institute vessel studying cod populations in the Gulf of Maine.

Why Is It So Hard To Save Gulf Of Maine Cod? They're In Hot Water

Oct 29, 2015
In the last decade, the Gulf of Maine warmed faster than 99.9 percent of the global ocean. The rapid warming explains why recent fishing policies failed to rebuild the cod population, a study finds.
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The Two-Way
This image shows Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5 storm, blasting toward southwestern Mexico on Friday. The photo was taken from the International Space Station.

Why Hurricane Patricia Can't Be Blamed On Climate Change

Oct 23, 2015
Hurricane Patricia's record-breaking winds come as a powerful El Niño heats the Pacific Ocean. But researchers say that's not enough to blame climate change for the storm's rapid strengthening.
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Science
Scientists have to work fast to get this young bull trout to the upper lake. They'll tag it before release, to track its further adventures.

Scientists Try Radical Move To Save Bull Trout From A Warming Climate

Oct 08, 2015
Bull trout are dwindling in Montana as their home waters warm and invasive fish devour them. Scooping up threatened fish and moving them higher up the mountain could backfire. Is the risk worth it?
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The Two-Way
The Antarctic ice sheet stores more than half of Earth's fresh water. Scientists wondered how much of it would melt if people burned all the fossil fuels on the planet.

What Would Happen If We Burned Up All Of Earth's Fossil Fuels?

Sep 11, 2015
Scientists used an estimate of how much fossil fuel is left in the ground to do computer simulations and come up with a worst-case scenario.
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It's All Politics
In 2007, Bernie Sanders took part in a Vermont walk for "Step It Up 2007," a movement aimed at reducing carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.

Where Presidential Candidates Stand On Climate Change

Aug 11, 2015
The majority of Americans favor government action, but the candidates — and big donors — differ greatly. Here is what they've said on the topic, beginning with whether climate change is real.
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Science
Floodwaters from rising sea levels have submerged and killed trees in Bedono village in Demak, Central Java, Indonesia. As oceans warm, they expand and erode the shore. Residents of Java's coastal villages have been hit hard by rising sea levels in recen

Science Confirms 2014 Was Hottest Yet Recorded, On Land And Sea

Jul 17, 2015
The international report card is out and confirms the hottest average on record — for a third time in 15 years. More than 400 scientists contributed data, finding a spike in sea and air temperatures.
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Parallels
Francis isn't the only pontiff who has championed environmental issues: His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, installed solar panels (seen here in 2008) at the Vatican.

Will Pope's Much-Anticipated Encyclical Be A Clarion Call On Climate Change?

Jun 16, 2015
On Thursday, the Vatican releases Pope Francis' document on the environment and poverty. He has said he believes global warming is a moral, and man-made, issue — angering climate change skeptics.
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Editing The Climate Talkers: Punctuation's Effect On Earth's Fate

Jun 01, 2015
The littlest things — punctuation, precise word choice and grammar — can hold tremendous power in worldwide climate negotiations. This year in Europe, editors get a chance to help make history.
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Science
ADP Co-chairs Daniel Reifsnyder (left) and Ahmed Djoghlaf at a February conference in Geneva.

Two Guys In Paris Aim To Charm The World Into Climate Action

May 11, 2015
It's a nightmarish job: No exercise or fresh air and little food and sleep for days at a time, all in an effort to persuade 200 countries to save Earth's climate and the planet. Can they do it?
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Science
Jessica Silk and Billy Costello join Mote Marine Laboratory scientists planting staghorn coral on a depleted reef off Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys. The lab is growing and transplanting some 70,000 fragments.

Scientists Catch Up On The Sex Life Of Coral To Help Reefs Survive

Mar 19, 2015
It's all in the timing. Biologists haven't been able to breed embryos of the rare, pillar coral in the lab because it's been tough to catch the creatures in the act.
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Science
Scientists deployed roughly 100 probes of different types in the Arctic last summer. The robots quietly watched as the ice broke apart.

Navy Funds A Small Robot Army To Study The Arctic

Feb 15, 2015
The U.S. Navy has completed the largest robotic survey of the Arctic ever attempted. Warming waters are absorbing more sunlight and melting more ice there each summer, the gizmos and gliders suggest.
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