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The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is losing a race to the top of mountains throughout the Western United States, putting future generations in peril, researchers said Wednesday.
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John Bieter never knew his grandfather. A Basque immigrant from Spain, his grandfather had died by the time his grandson was born in Idaho.
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Bitter winters still dominate life in the Alaskan interior, but a practiced eye can spot the signs of a warming climate, particularly in the ground. Beneath the rolling fields of tussock scattered just north of the Alaska Range, what was once permanently frozen is starting to thaw.
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It is possible to be killed by floods in Mumbai, but not really to be surprised by them.
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Climate science at a glanceThe La Tuna fire began amid "the greatest statewide heat wave ever recorded in California."La Tuna is the largest fire to burn within Los Angeles' city limits.In southern California, weather conditions (e.g.
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Climate science at a glance
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory conducted a rapid analysis of the heat wave and estimated that the human
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Climate science at a glanceSea level rise has significantly extended the reach of storm surge and coastal flooding driven by hurricanes.Global warming is fueling extreme rainfall and increasing flood risk.Hurricanes have grown
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It got so hot one day in July last year in the Mitrabah wasteland of Kuwait that experts at the United Nations set up a committee to figure out what the heck was going on. How hot? Exactly 129.2 degrees hot.
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Residents of working-class communities in the Sun Belt often cannot afford to move or evacuate during weather disasters. They may work outside, and they may struggle to cover their air-conditioning bills.
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Across Nepal, Bangladesh, and India, an exceptionally strong monsoon season has left almost 1,200 dead and displaced or affected tens of millions more.
