Record-torching March heat ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
Friday’s spring equinox may seem like a quaint notion to those already enduring furnace-like 90-110°F summer heat.
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Pick your weather poison this week: Tornadoes, blizzard, record rain, wildfire, or summerlike heat
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Hawaii teens take on the state – and win
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Almost a third of 2026 Oscar-nominated films acknowledge climate change
To pass the ‘climate reality check,’ a movie must depict climate change in some way, and a character in the story must recognize it.
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Six trillion ways to solve climate change
New research shows that mixing and matching manageable climate policy ‘wedges’ can add up to real solutions.
Is your data center getting a big discount on electricity? That’s redacted.
A look at secret agreements in Montana.
A massive climate resilience program is escaping Florida’s DOGE purge
The state’s largest climate resilience program is proving itself immune to the governor’s purge.
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El calor de marzo que rompe récords es “prácticamente imposible” sin el cambio climático
El equinoccio de primavera de este viernes puede parecer una noción pintoresca para quienes ya soportan un calor sofocante de verano de entre 32 y 43°C.
¿Qué pueden hacer las islas del Caribe para poder tener soberanía alimentaria?
Por muchos años, los residentes de esta región han tenido poca oportunidad de cambiar su acceso a productos agrícolas locales, pero hay muchos ejemplos positivos que están surgiendo ahora.
2.000 pequeñas represas están volviendo verde un rancho mexicano
En el Rancho La Piedra, simples barreras hechas con materiales reciclados capturan la lluvia, recargan los acuíferos y promueven la seguridad hídrica en el estado más árido de México.
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Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.
Data centers are consuming more kilowatts than ever, but the price they pay for that electricity has risen only a little.
Six photos show how climate change shaped our world in 2025
This year’s most notable wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, and heavy rains were made more devastating and deadly by climate change.
