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Warming takes toll on growing regions
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Loss of Nuclear Threatens Paris Climate Targets
Wave of nuclear decommissioning expected
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Monitoring the Larsen C With Satellites
the planet's most-watched patch of ice
The Sentinel-1 satellites are crucial to watching not just the Larsen C rift but changes at both poles …
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Warming Brews Big Trouble in Coffee Birthplace Ethiopia
Rising temperatures are set to wipe out half of Ethiopia’s coffee-growing areas.
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Nuclear Decommissioning Threatens Climate Targets
Nuclear is now the largest low-carbon power source in Europe and the United States.
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We Couldn’t Monitor Larsen C Without These Satellites
The Sentinel-1 satellites are crucial to watching not just the Larsen C rift but changes at both poles.
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Climate Change Altering Droughts, Impacts Across U.S.
Climate change may be altering the characteristics and impacts of drought across the U.S.
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Atlantic Oil Surveys Could Kill Food Used By Fisheries
The tiny animals that provide food for fisheries face big threats from airguns used in oil surveys.
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It’s So Hot in Phoenix, Planes Can’t Take Off
Planes have been grounded in Phoenix as life-threatening heat descends across the Southwest.
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Desert Basins Could Hold ‘Missing’ Carbon Sinks
Deserts across the globe may contain some of the world’s “missing” carbon sinks.
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Half of World Could See Deadly Heat Waves By 2100
Deadly heat waves could impact half to 75 percent of the world's population if greenhouse gases aren't curtailed.
