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Nicholas Kristof: Climate change’s overlooked impacts on daily life
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Nicholas Kristof: Climate change’s overlooked impacts on daily life

Rising global temperatures are quietly affecting human health, education, and behavior, not just fueling apocalyptic scenarios.

Nicholas Kristof writes for The New York Times.

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Impacts
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Why cheetahs will be especially vulnerable to climate change, according to new research

Even the fastest animal in the world can't outrun the effects of climate change, according to experts.

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What makes people act on climate change, according to behavioral science

To get people to shift to more climate-friendly behavior, what works best? Education? Payments? Peer pressure?
Solutions
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What coaxes greener habits: Facts, money, or social signals?

A wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of over 400 studies set out to find the most effective interventions. Spoiler: It isn’t facts.
Opinion
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Robert Clark: Lessons from evolutionary psychology

Some of the response to climate change concerns seems driven by emotion more than by reason, and especially to be driven by tribalism. It would be unbearably humiliating if those insufferable, Woke, politically correct leftists were actually right about something.

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Why some public schools are introducing vegan meals on the sly

Plant-based school lunches can play a big role in changing behaviors early.
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Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime climate brains
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Train your brain

We know what we need to do for the climate, so why don’t we just do it? A neurosurgeon explains.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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DOE drops solar focus in revamp of student building competition

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Offshore wind turbines may offer new habitat for key fish species

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Texas water fight pits growing cities against each other over groundwater exports

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
Firefighters in full gear fighting a barn fire.

Urban wildfires may expose firefighters to toxic metals like lead and mercury

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Tribes exit pipeline negotiations in Michigan over lack of consultation