The climate is unraveling here on Earth. This is not a one-off hot summer, Dana Wilde writes.
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Water at tip of Florida hits hot tub level, may have set world record for warmest seawater
Climate change has been setting temperature records across the globe this month.
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Our View: Amid deadly heat wave, some good news on the climate
There is a boom occurring in clean energy, and we are all reaping the benefits.
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Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says
Climate scientists say this month’s heat is likely the hottest Earth has been in about 120,000 years, easily the hottest of human civilization.
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New evacuations ordered in Greece as high winds and heat fuel wildfires
Temperatures reached the low of over 104 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the Greek mainland Monday, a day after soaring as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Florida Keys coral reefs already bleaching as water temperatures hit record highs
Surface temperatures around the Keys have been averaging about 91 degrees, well above the normal mid-July average of 85 degrees.
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Maine pledges to install 175,000 more heat pumps by 2027
Maine met its goal to install 100,000 heat pumps two years ahead of schedule. So Gov. Janet Mills is raising the bar, hoping that general state and federal incentives will help Maine lower heating bills and meet its climate goals.
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Northeast floods devastate farmers as months of labor, crops swept away
Storms dumped up to 2 months’ worth of rain in a couple of days in parts of the region.
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Commentary: Maine is the new Florida for climate migrants
There’s an opportunity here – if northern towns want it, that is.
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House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
A 2019 study suggests planting trees to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could be one of the most effective ways to fight climate change, but environmental scientists call it a distraction from cutting emissions from fossil fuels.