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Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
theconversation.com

Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the climate warmed.
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How Neanderthals adjusted to climate change
phys.org

How Neanderthals adjusted to climate change

Climate change occurring shortly before their disappearance triggered a complex change in the behavior of late Neanderthals in Europe: they developed more complex tools. This is the conclusion reached by a group of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Università degli Studi die Ferrara (UNIFE) on the basis of finds in the Sesselfelsgrotte cave in Lower Bavaria.
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climate flooding sea level rise
arstechnica.com

A puzzling past sea level rise might have its missing piece

The rapid rise of global temperature over the last century is almost certainly unprecedented in recent Earth history, but our current rate of sea level rise has stiffer competition.

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Climate change is revealing arctic landscapes not seen for 40,000 years
motherboard.vice.com

Climate change is revealing arctic landscapes not seen for 40,000 years

A new study of Baffin Island's glaciers suggests that modern temperatures represent the warmest century in 115,000 years.
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Climate change could render many of Earth’s ecosystems unrecognizable
www.washingtonpost.com

Climate change could render many of Earth’s ecosystems unrecognizable

“What we’re talking about here are the kinds of changes that disrupt everybody’s lives" paleoecologist Scott Wing said.
The Great Dying: Modern solutions from an ancient crisis
therevelator.org

The Great Dying: Modern solutions from an ancient crisis

Bears Ears National Monument’s imperiled fossil heritage holds clues to understanding some of our most urgent questions about climate change.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
U.S. Department of Interior nominee Doug Burgum speaks at a podium.

Doug Burgum pushes for fossil fuel expansion as Interior nominee

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Wildfires in Los Angeles bring widespread economic and health fallout

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How raging wildfires overwhelmed Los Angeles suburbs, creating a catastrophe

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Lee Zeldin, Trump's pick for EPA administrator, speaks at a podium.

Trump’s EPA pick faces Senate grilling over climate rollback plans

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Oil industry figures celebrate Trump inauguration with exclusive DC party

Supreme Court tof the United States in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court declines to intervene in key environmental and climate disputes

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Closing coal plants in environmental justice communities first would save more lives: Study

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Climate change could cut global GDP in half by late 21st century