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Cities really can be both denser and greener
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Cities really can be both denser and greener

A classic urban trade-off might not be our destiny. That’s great news for the climate.
Analysts: fast-growing African cities at 'extreme risk' from climate change
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Analysts: fast-growing African cities at 'extreme risk' from climate change

Researchers at UK-based Verisk Maplecroft find 84 of world's 100 fastest-growing cities are at 'extreme risk' from impacts of a warming planet, including 79 in Africa.

What modern cities can learn from ancient Angkor's climate catastrophe
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What modern cities can learn from ancient Angkor's climate catastrophe

A new report reveals that the demise of the ancient city of Angkor was likely caused by extreme climate change, a stark warning for cities of today.

Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile?
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Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile?

Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north.
Climate change and the coming coastal real estate crash
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Climate change and the coming coastal real estate crash

It could rival the bursting dot-com and real estate bubbles of 2000 and 2008.

Global warming: how bad can It be?

Global warming: how bad can It be?

From our Trump on Earth podcast, we ask whether a reckoning with some of the horrifying possibilities of climate change moves people to action or complacency?
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Can a California town move back from the sea?
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Can a California town move back from the sea?

Imperial Beach considers the unthinkable: a retreat from nature.
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