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Fire fighters tackle a wildfire in the Aveiro region of Portugal, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. Firefighters are battling blazes in the region of Aveiro and other areas of northern Portugal for a fourth day after temperatures increased earlier this week. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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How the source of your tissues and toilet paper is fueling wildfires thousands of miles away

A satellite Image of Robert Island on the Antarctic Peninsula showing vegetation.

Scientists looked at images from space to see how fast Antarctica is turning green. Here’s what they found

A drone view shows a damaged area, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., September 29, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello

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People moved to Asheville to escape extreme weather. They forgot its tragic history.

The Matterhorn mountain looms above the valley that includes the village of Zermatt on January 7, 2022 near Zermatt, Switzerland.

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Italy and Switzerland have agreed to shift their shared border in the Alps. Here’s why

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: An aerial view of the Ratcliffe On Soar Power Station emitting steam on January 10, 2024 in Nottingham, England. Ratcliffe On Soar power station, operated by German owned Uniper, is one of the last coal fired stations in the UK and is put into operation when requested by the National Grid. The UK government has committed to ending coal fired power generation by 2024. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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UK becomes the first major economy to stop burning coal for electricity, closing its last power plant

Part of the Negro River is visible amid a severe drought in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

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Stark before-and-after pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major Amazon rivers

Two Just Stop Oil protesters sitting on the floor after they have thrown tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh's famous 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London on October 14, 2022.

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UK court hands prison terms to climate activists who threw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

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She lost everything in a hurricane. Now she’s rebuilding without insurance 3:57

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Hurricane Alex on January 14, 2016

Hurricane Statistics Fast Facts

In this NOAA image taken by the GOES satellite, Hurricane Lee crosses the Atlantic Ocean as it moves west on September 8, 2023. Lee reached Category 5, but then weakened slightly to Category 4 as it expected to be a dangerous storm as it moves over the southwest Atlantic. It is too early to know if it will directly affect the United States.

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2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts

Solutions

Climeworks' Mammoth plant, unveiling.

The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works

Long Island, N.Y.: An operational wind turbine, along with two under construction behind it, and a lifting barge, are seen in this photo taken at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean, on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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Offshore wind projects have been dogged by inflation and culture wars. Now they’re making a comeback

Rendering of the Equatic 3,650tpa CDR plant under construction in Singapore.

Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

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Motorsport is trying to reach Net Zero. Could fuels like this, made from air and water, help accelerate the journey?

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the Economic Club of Washington D.C., in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2024.

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Biden speaks Tuesday in NYC to draw contrast between Democrats and Republicans on energy and climate

Power lines come off of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation on the right, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019.

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Three Mile Island is reopening and selling its power to Microsoft

Energy Singularity

The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race

The IceNode robot, designed to study ice and ocean
properties in a changing Arctic environment, deployed at
Ice Camp Whale during Operation Ice Camp (ICE CAMP)
2024. ICE CAMP is a three-week operation run by the
Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) that allows the
Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic,
increase experience in the region, advance
understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue
to develop relationships with other services, allies, and
partner organizations. Capable of sustained operations
below the ice, IceNode can support tasks for Navy
operations and gather data to improve predictions for
sea-ice extent in a warming environment
(see: climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice). This
work was funded by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
which is managed for the agency by Caltech. This work
was supported by the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Submarine Lab
(ASL), with acknowledgement to the field team who
assisted deployment and recovery of the robot

Meet NASA’s newest tool to fight climate change 2:31

<p>Activist, investor, political donor and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer joins Fareed to talk about his new book “Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War.”</p>

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On GPS: Can clean energy arrive quickly enough? 5:53

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Authorities evacuate residents near Athens as wildfires spread 0:31

Coral seeding devices, Great Barrier Reef, 2024

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These devices are helping deliver 1 million baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef 5:23

Features

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‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?

A turtle swims in a shallow lagoon at Lady Elliot Island, off the Queensland Coast.

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

EXTREMES

Pumps are closed at a gas station in Fort Myers Beach, Florida on Monday. About 11% of gas stations in Florida are without gas ahead of Hurricane Milton's arrival in the state.

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Nearly 1,500 Florida gas stations have run out of fuel. Hurricane Milton could cause even more trouble

FILE - The Cinderella Castle is seen at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Months after Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees agreed to end a protracted legal fight, the two sides are set to approve an agreement Wednesday, June 5, 2024, that could result in the company investing $17 billion into its Florida resort and opens the door to a fifth major theme park at Walt Disney World. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Disney World and other major Florida tourist attractions closing ahead of Milton

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 07: Traffic is heavy as thousands evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton as it churns in the Gulf of Mexico on October 07, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Milton, which comes on heels of the destructive Hurricane Helene, has strengthened to a Category 5 storm as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast near St. Petersburg and Tampa, where it is projected to make landfall Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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The challenges Floridians are facing while trying to evacuate

WATER

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Fact-checking night 1 of the Democratic National Convention

Aerial panoramic view from a drone of Agios Prokopios or Prokopi sandy beach in Naxos Island. Local Greeks and foreign tourists are protesting against the extensive occupation of the coast of umbrellas and sunbeds in the Greek islands and mainland, a growing nationwide movement against the expansion of expensive rented shadow. Beachbars are occupying larger areas than their permission which do not allow people to have free access to the beach. Similar incidents occurred in Agia Anna and Plaka beach. In Naxos the movement ''Save the beaches of Naxos now!'' emerged forming a legal complaint in the prosecutor similar to Paros Island with the media known name Towel Movement led to the government to bring inspectors. Naxos is part of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece on August 2023.

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The Greek islands are grappling with a water crisis as tourist season kicks into gear

PRESIDIO, TEXAS - MARCH 14: In an aerial view, the Rio Grande forms the U.S.-Mexico border at Big Bend Ranch State Park on March 14, 2024 near Presidio, Texas. The border between the two nations stretches nearly 2,000 miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and is marked by fences, deserts, mountains and the Rio Grande, which runs the entire length of Texas. The politics and controversies surrounding border and immigration issues have become dominant themes in the U.S. presidential election campaign. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win

COST OF LIVING

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance attend a debate hosted by CBS News in New York on Tuesday.

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Fact-checking the CBS News vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 29 : A general view from the site after Hurricane Ian left Florida on Thursday following making landfall as a devastating Category 4 hurricane, on September 29, 2022 in Florida, United States. Widespread catastrophic damage has been left in much of southwestern Florida as 2.6 million people continue to lack power and thousands remain stranded. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024.

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