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Heat waves and extreme weather highlight climate tipping points

Heat waves and extreme weather highlight climate tipping points

Global temperatures hit unprecedented highs this week, raising alarms about the planet's future stability.

Sarah Kaplan reports for The Washington Post.

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Ecosystems as infrastructure: a new way of looking at climate resilience

Landscape architect Kate Orff works on rebuilding natural systems to help communities and cities reduce their climate risks. Places with interwoven ecological systems, she says, are more resilient and better able both to respond to emergencies and adapt for the future.
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The return of ‘good fire’ to eastern U.S. forests and grasslands

The return of ‘good fire’ to eastern U.S. forests and grasslands

Advocates say controlled burns are a critical solution to a range of problems, from biodiversity loss to wildfire risk to climate change. But they must overcome government regulations and a long-held view of fire as unnatural and threatening.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for President
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for President

The Washington governor has a single-minded focus: pulling the country back from the climate-change brink.
Economics of climate change: Extreme measures to block out the sun
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Economics of climate change: Extreme measures to block out the sun

The world seems incapable of taking decisive action on climate change but we may soon have to consider some bizarre options to stop global warming if we fail to act.

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