COMMENTARY: Why Trump actually pulled out of Paris.
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Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement was not really about the climate. And despite his overheated rhetoric about the “tremendous”...
Alaskan towns at risk from rising seas sound alarm as Trump pulls federal help.
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Communities in danger of falling into the sea say assistance from Washington has dried up: ‘It feels like a complete abdication of responsibility on...
More plastic than fish? Oceans 'under threat as never before,' warns UN chief.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the first U.N. conference on oceans Monday with a warning that the seas are "under threat as never before," noting...
Why the world’s rivers are losing sediment and why it matters.
In September 2011, after 20 years of planning, workers began dismantling the Elwha and Glines dams on the Elwha River in northwestern Washington state. At...
As seas rise, tropical Pacific islands face a perfect storm.
Among the places expected to be most hard-hit by sea level rise in the coming century or two are the islands of the tropical...
Opponents of California’s Delta tunnels project push alternative strategies.
In June, two federal agencies gave their blessings to the controversial project to build two water conveyance tunnels under California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Environmental...
'Re-wilding' a Santa Monica beach to protect against sea level rise.
The Santa Monica Beach Restoration Project covers a 2-acre sandy stretch. Courtesy of The Bay Foundation
At the north end of Santa Monica Beach, there’s...
US exiting climate pact may doom some small islands.
WASHINGTON — To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming...
How the Trump White House wound up releasing dire climate report.
The Trump administration has dismissed the threat of climate change, proposed cuts to climate research and remade scientific advisory boards. Yet it released a...
Rising seas could be turning Jersey’s coastal cedars into ghost forests.
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Jennifer Walker picked her way through the swamp, avoiding the muck while ducking under branches and climbing over felled trees.
To her left loomed one...
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