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If the scientists are right, the end is near for a Northwest treasure — at least as we know it.Global warming is melting Mount Rainier’s glaciers at six times the historic rate.
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Toxic mercury is once again increasing in some Great Lakes fish and birds after decades of consistent, promising reductions.
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Climate science at a glance
The Arctic is warming at a rate approximately twice that of the global average.[3]
Maximum winter sea ice extent in the Arctic was record low for the third year in a row.
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For Bill Mook, coastal acidification is one thing his oyster hatchery cannot afford to ignore....
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January 2017
South Florida experienced a record warm two-month stretch from December 2016 through January 2017.[1]
Lima and much of Peru experienced one of the country's hottest summers on record.
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Under new authority granted this year, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton H.
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The team found that not only was 2015 likely the hottest year for the Amazon since 1900 —1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than during the 1997-98 El Niño — but also that the area of the Amazon experiencing extreme drought was about 20 percent larger than ever seen before.
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Some small Alaska fish have made a big change in response to a warming climate — they are breeding earlier and, in some cases, twice a year, according to new research.
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Article excerptEvery year or two, the Jersey Shore tends to get flooding as severe as this week.But by midcentury, the Shore should expect floods this bad every month, on average, according to projections summarized in a new U.S. government report.
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Chile's worst wildfires on record fed by ongoing drought and record heat
Wildfires started in Chile's central provinces in November 2016, growing to 49 wildfires by mid-December across the regions of O’Higgins, Maule, Biobío, Valparaíso, and Metropolitana.
