A study published in Science says volcanic eruptions caused the level of heat-trapping carbon dioxide to soar, providing a glimpse of the harm human-caused climate change could wreak.
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Gulf of Maine’s 3rd-warmest year on record harms puffins, turtles and kelp
The effects on species that thrive in cold waters provide glimpses of the damage that rising ocean temperatures can do, but the federal and state response remains weak.
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Climate talks focus on rules of landmark Paris accord
The 2015 goal was to keep global temperature increases below 3.6 Fahrenheit and even a 2.7 F limit is challenging.
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Schwarzenegger wishes he could time travel to terminate fossil fuels
The actor and former California governor addresses the opening of the U.N. climate conference in Poland, telling delegates that “the biggest evil is fossil fuels, it’s coal, it’s gasoline, it’s the natural gas.”
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U.N.: Threat of global warming ‘the most important issue we face’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dramatic appeal to world leaders to avert a catastrophic rise in temperatures before the end of the century.
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How did professor Stephen Coghlan study the human cost of homesteading?
He relied on a test subject very close to home.
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Children are suing the federal government for failing to take proper action against climate change
Meet their lawyer, Philip Gregory, who has deep roots in Maine.
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Changing climate to put further pressure on New England, federal report predicts
It says ‘iconic fisheries’ in the Northeast, including lobster, face a bleaker future because of rising acidity levels in the ocean.
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Major Trump administration climate report says effects are ‘intensifying across the country’
The report’s authors conclude that humans must act aggressively ‘to avoid substantial damages to the U.S. economy, environment, and human health and well-being over the coming decades.’
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White House to release climate change report amid frenzy of Black Friday
Environmental groups blast the timing, saying the goal is to bury scientists’ findings.