Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of 'home'—and what it means to lose it
The Los Angeles wildfires are causing the devastating loss of people's homes.
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month
A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report Sunday as efforts were underway to evacuate thousands of villagers living near the rumbling mountain.
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Study reveals native plants' role in managing road salt pollution
Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern. Excessive salt harms plants, degrades soil, and compromises water quality. In urban areas, road salts used for de-icing during winter often wash into stormwater systems, ...
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Jan 18, 2025
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How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus
The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 meters.
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Jan 18, 2025
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Carbon dioxide up at rates 'incompatible' with 1.5°C target, study warns
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing at rates that are incompatible with staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming, a Met Office study warns.
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Jan 18, 2025
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2024 saw fastest-ever annual rise in CO2 levels: UK weather service
The UK weather service said Friday that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 2024 grew at the fastest annual rate on record, exceeding their own projections by some margin.
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Jan 18, 2025
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Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
As Los Angeles firefighters battle remaining hotspots more than a week into deadly blazes, scientists and engineers hope growing availability of satellite data will help in the future.
Environment
Jan 18, 2025
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Extreme fire: 'unprecedented risk' poorly understood
In an era of town-torching megablazes spewing smoke plumes visible from space, scientists say there is still a lot they don't know about the effects of extreme fire on people, nature and the climate.
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Jan 18, 2025
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Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows.
Environment
Jan 18, 2025
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