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Why we need to take seemingly small earthquakes seriously

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake rocked the East Coast midmorning on Friday, sending high rises swaying in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware....

05.04.2024 2

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The solar eclipse is a critical test for the US power grid

As the moon passes in front of the sun on April 8, its shadow will knock down solar power production in a sweeping band across the United States from...

05.04.2024 30

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We know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when

The largest earthquakes in nearly 25 years rocked Taiwan on Wednesday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring hundreds more. The magnitude...

03.04.2024 8

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Why fossil fuel producers are oddly optimistic in the climate change era

HOUSTON, Texas — In a video message projected onto massive screens in a packed conference hall, Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the COP28 climate...

29.03.2024 1

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Meet the EPA’s new Choose Your Own Adventure! regulation for car pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency has officially cemented new pollution rules for cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs that the Biden administration...

21.03.2024 30

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Texas fires happen in the winter. Just never at this scale before.

Dozens of wildfires are tearing through the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma after igniting earlier this week, including what’s now the second-largest...

29.02.2024 3

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What’s happening to our winters?

27.02.2024 5

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Winter heat waves are now a thing. Here’s how to make sense of them.

27.02.2024 3

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Carmakers pumped the brakes on hybrid cars too soon

Are electric vehicles hitting a pothole? Ford announced last month that it was cutting production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck....

14.02.2024 40

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How California’s torrential, life-threatening storms got so bad

A brutal winter storm is battering the West Coast with torrential downpours in the south, blizzards in the north, and winds gusting up to 160 miles...

06.02.2024 5

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The great American natural gas reckoning is upon us

The Biden administration last week announced that it was pausing the permitting process for some new natural gas export projects, including a facility...

30.01.2024 2

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Your home’s cleaner, better heating system comes with one major cost

The recent deep, biting chill that froze the United States forced millions of furnaces to switch on at the same time, raising energy demand to new...

23.01.2024 5

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Why have our winters gotten so weird?

Bitter cold continues to grip the United States as unusual freezing temperatures stretch as far south as Florida this week. Even more chilly weather...

19.01.2024 5

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How 7 scientists feel after the hottest year on record

2023 is the hottest year in at least 174 years and recent months have been the hottest in 125,000 years. All of that warming led to deadly heat waves,...

27.12.2023 7

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3 wins and 3 losses at the biggest climate conference ever

14.12.2023 2

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Pledges to slash methane pollution at COP28 are leaving out one big thing

11.12.2023 2

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The severe El Niño in South America is a preview of a climate-changed world

11.12.2023 30

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What breaching 1.5C this year means for curbing climate change

27.11.2023 6

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How 2023 scorched our dinner plates

It’s the time of year when many are thinking about food. A lot of food. Thinking a lot about a lot of food. In 2022, Americans spent an additional...

22.11.2023 3

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Biden gives center stage to the climate report Trump tried to bury

The White House, in coordination with 14 federal agencies, today released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA), a comprehensive report on the...

14.11.2023 6

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Joe Manchin deserves (some) credit for fighting climate change

The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — with nearly $370 billion allocated to wind turbines, electric cars, transmission lines, heat pumps, and...

11.11.2023 7

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Why more fossil fuel workers aren’t joining the clean energy revolution

Auto unions and US carmakers recently smoothed over a huge pothole on the road to electric vehicles, but workers are facing much bigger ruts ahead on...

30.10.2023 2

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How Hurricane Otis defied forecasts and exploded into a massive storm

On Tuesday morning, Otis was a mere tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. Six hours later, the storm’s wind speed had nearly...

25.10.2023 2

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Airlines say they’ve found a route to climate-friendly flying

If you’ve caught an ad for an airline lately on TV, a podcast, or the entertainment display on your flight, you’ve probably heard the company brag...

19.10.2023 3

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What happens if you force companies to reveal how much they contribute to climate change?

If you order a company to reveal how much it pollutes, would it clean up its act? And if a business has to chalk out all the ways extreme weather and...

14.10.2023 6

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How a tiny island is adapting to climate change ... on its dinner plates

12.10.2023 3

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We know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when

A third earthquake shook Afghanistan on Wednesday near the epicenters of two prior quakes that struck on October 7. The earlier quakes killed more...

11.10.2023 2

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The US power grid quietly survived its most brutal summer yet

With little acknowledgment and no applause, the power grid across the continental United States this summer quietly pulled off what may have been its...

28.09.2023 10

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The extraordinary need for disaster warning systems, explained

WOTTEN WAVEN, Dominica — This lush, leafy village of 200 residents, known for its hot springs, is less than 6 miles from the shore, but when...

25.09.2023 5

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The ocean is rising — and so is Miami’s skyline

18.09.2023 6

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We know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when

A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked Morocco Friday night, the largest tremor to hit the country in at least 120 years. Officials report more...

09.09.2023 2

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The Southern Hemisphere, where it’s winter, has been really hot too

It’s been a hot, brutal, record-breaking summer across much of the world, and it’s not quite ready to let go as late-season heat waves bake parts...

09.09.2023 6

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