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What is clean coal?

Published: November 7th, 2009
Last revised: May 17th, 2010

How can we reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that humans emit?

Published: November 7th, 2009
Last revised: May 17th, 2010

What is your carbon footprint?

Published: November 7th, 2009
Last revised: May 17th, 2010

Where are the nation’s alternative-energy hotspots?

Published: November 7th, 2009
Last revised: May 17th, 2010

What is the relationship between the energy we use today and climate?

Published: November 7th, 2009
Last revised: May 17th, 2010

How do we do something about the trends in global warming?

Published: November 7th, 2009
Last revised: July 31st, 2010

Climbing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are causing global warming

Published: May 19th, 2009
Last revised: July 17th, 2010

Solar Variability Does Not Explain 20th Century Warming

Published: January 1st, 2009
Last revised: November 24th, 2009

News, Blogs & Features

May 19th, 2013 - Study Projects Steep Increase in NYC Heat-Related Deaths
May 19th, 2013 - Rising Temperatures in Europe Leave Ducks Grounded
May 18th, 2013 - Clouds ‘Cool Earth Less Than Once Thought’
May 18th, 2013 - Tornadoes Resume; Drought Divides; Fish on the Move
May 17th, 2013 - Weather Service to Add Major Might to Computing Power

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Northern Rockies Forest Wildfires

Number of large wildfires on forested federal lands in the Northern Rockies region, including western Montana.