Houston fears climate change will cause catastrophic flooding: 'It's not if, it's when.'
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Human activity is worsening the problem in an already rainy area, and there could be damage worthy of a disaster movie if a storm...
An island is disappearing, but residents don't see it.
Correction appended.DEAL ISLAND, Md. — The ghost forest is creeping into Deal Island.
Stands of tall pines stick out like pale arboreal skeletons throughout the...
Feeling the heat: How fish are migrating from warming waters.
The Cape Cod Canal is a serpentine artificial waterway that winds eight miles from Cape Cod Bay to Buzzards Bay. On warm summer evenings,...
Scientists just documented a massive recent melt event on the surface of Antarctica.
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Trump calls mayor of shrinking Chesapeake island and tells him not to worry about...
Tangier Island Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge holds a crab he found with two oysters growing near its eyes. (Courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay...
Trump to mayor of sinking island: Don't worry about sea level rise.
A young resident jumps off a piling at the gas dock in Tangier, Virginia on May 17, 2017.Image: AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Andrew Freedman2017-06-14 16:59:13 UTC
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How the Bay Area is restoring nature's delicate balance.
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San Francisco's Financial District sits atop what was once Yerba Buena Cove. After the Gold Rush of 1849 the harbor was...
As glaciers retreat, they reveal a host of new problems.
Over the last century, many glaciers have pulled back farther than humans have ever previously witnessed. While the retreat of glaciers, and changes in...
Fighting climate change can be a lonely battle in oil country, especially for a...
RAYNE, Louisiana—As far back as Jayden Foytlin can remember, her cousin Madison came over to celebrate her birthday. The girls had been best friends...
Top economists: Carbon price above 40 dollars needed to meet Paris climate goal.
The fossil fuels that President Donald Trump so brashly promotes may seem like cheap energy sources, but they carry hidden costs that all of...
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