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Smoky rainforest fire

A missing piece in climate models: nature’s own emissions

Rising temperatures are set to drive up emissions from wildfires, fermenting wetlands, and melting permafrost, but these feedback loops are poorly captured in climate models. Scientists are racing to make sense of these emissions to gauge how much warming may lie ahead.
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Leasing rooftop solar panels for your home can be better than buying them

The end of federal tax credits for rooftop solar and flexible new subscriptions have changed the pros and cons of leasing versus buying.
Tangier Island town and docks

Push to save Tangier Island progresses – but slowly

Tangier Island is one of the last inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay. But rising water and erosion threaten the community’s future as they eat away at the land.

Reflecting pool on national mall with Washington monument and Capitol building behind

Reflecting pool contractor tried cleaning Tijuana River too

Greenwater Services won no-bid contracts to do experimental treatment on the Tijuana River and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  
An expanse of desert with dark storm clouds building in the distance

Warming skies have triggered a new era of unpredictable storms

The atmosphere is holding more heat and more moisture. What happens when storms no longer behave as expected?

A woman shielding her eyes from the sun with the Eiffel Tower in the background

France swelters under heat wave 'plateau' with no relief until Friday

Human-caused climate change is tied to increasing extreme weather, and U.N. climate agency projections say the next five years should shatter more heat records.

Solar panels with wind turbines and high voltage powerlines overhead

Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to center stage

Apart from the effort to electrify, there were geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5C goal at pre-COP31 climate talks.

A black and white photo of the front of the White House in Washington, DC

The White House’s energy policies are costing Americans dearly

Our wallets are taking the hit from an outdated focus on fossil fuels.
Yellow/black ocean buoy deployed by NOAA to measure ocean dynamics

National Science Foundation halts plans to dismantle oceans observatory project

The Trump administration has reversed a plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists.
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California needs water and clean power. It might have a fix for both

A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating.
An illustration with orange colored liquid balls that look like bubbles

Shape-shifting liquid stores energy, releasing it on demand

Northwestern chemists created a liquid that morphs into an energy-storing gel and resets with nothing but air — no metal, no plastic, no battery casing required.

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