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The world’s mangrove forests, with their archetypal twisted roots protruding from the water surface, store more than 4bn tonnes of carbon, new research shows.
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Iron chemistry matters for ocean carbon uptake.
Upsala Glacier, Argentina, where scientists collected glacial dust samples. When glaciers move across bedrock, they scrape against it (see glacial grooves in the foreground),...
As coral reefs die, huge swaths of the seafloor are deteriorating along with them.
This Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) near Buck Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, has died and collapsed. As coral reef structure degrades, valuable habitat for...
If America becomes a dystopian hellscape, it might look like this.
It’s 2075 and America is sunk deep in its second civil war.
Everything has gone to hell. Coastal cities have disappeared under a rising sea;...
How climate change drives child marriage.
We think we know what climate change looks like. Rising sea levels; cyclones; cities underwater. But there is a hidden story of climate change,...
Signs of climate change — past, present and future — on Plum Island.
Plum Island is mostly a national wildlife refuge. It's a long, narrow spit of sand 50 miles north of Boston.You can see evidence of...
Sea level rise is accelerating in Florida, scientists warn.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Clay Henderson has lived on the same block along the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach for 34 years....
Governments face 'wave of legal action' over climate change inaction as natural disasters worsen,...
A "wave of legal action" over climate change has already begun and cases will become more likely to succeed as the scientists get better...
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