U.S. ends Arctic Council chairmanship with reluctance on climate action.
FAIRBANKS — When he opened a meeting of his colleagues from all the Arctic nations, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged the obvious...
Trump's intel agencies tell Congress that climate change poses national security threats.
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Harpswell applies for grant to study sea level rise.
HARPSWELL — The town has applied for a $20,000 grant to study ways to protect an easily-flooded portion of Basin Point Road.
The road will...
Obama sees new front in climate change battle: agriculture.
By STEPHANIE STROMMay 9, 2017MILAN — Michelle Obama has long been one of the world’s best-known advocates for healthier food production and better eating, but it...
Arctic nations to meet amid unsettled U.S. stance on climate change.
By HENRY FOUNTAINMay 9, 2017FAIRBANKS, Alaska — As Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson heads to Alaska on Wednesday for talks on Arctic issues, he finds...
Snowball Earth melting led to freshwater ocean 2 kilometres deep.
Half the oceans’ water was ice or snow during this extreme ice age
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Humans stoke wet misery along the Mississippi.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Dewayne Schaaf is at the top of the courthouse steps with his two children on a perfect spring night, looking...
Mississippi River cities: Feds should take climate change seriously.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has witnessed five Mississippi River floods in his city in just the past decade.
In 2016, historic floods hit parts...
New Jersey has many stressed drinking water supplies.
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Some watershed areas in New Jersey are already under stress and many more, including Bergen County, could be soon as demand outstrips supply, a...
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