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Guest post: 13 ‘ocean-based solutions’ for tackling climate change
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One of the largest dam removals in California history inches forward.
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In race against rising seas, Louisiana scrambles to save dwindling coast.
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Jean Lafitte, La.—Tough decisions are coming thicker and faster than the Gulf of Mexico in southern Louisiana these days – and the...
Opponents of California’s Delta tunnels project push alternative strategies.
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Sea level rise to trigger human migration, reshape inland cities.
April 17 (UPI) -- A handful of inland cities in the United States are likely to be significantly impacted by inland migration as people...
New study shows worrisome signs for Greenland ice.
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Greenland ice is melting fast, and could potentially cause many meters of sea level rise
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Administration officials meet to develop climate strategy.
Wednesday’s White House meeting marks the latest effort by chief of staff John Kelly to formalize the policy-making process in the West Wing. |...
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