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Climate disaster turned these millennials into 'forever renters': 'Being flexible is the new American dream'
Samuel Naujokas said wildfires made him rethink his idea of success. "Maybe there's something wrong…
Sasha Weilbaker
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Wildfires are burning from the the Amazon to the Arctic — Here's why you should be worried
The Amazon rainforest has been dubbed the ‘lungs of the planet’ since its innate vastness …
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America's new climate 'normal' is hotter, wetter, and more extreme
The country's new normal temperature is a full degree hotter than it was only two decades ago, acco…
Erin Snodgrass
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We followed firefighters in Oregon to see how they battle some of the largest wildfires in the US
Oregon's Bootleg Fire is the largest active wildfire in the US, and thousands of firefighters are b…
Hannah Jiang,Kaitlyn Wang
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Scientists have solved the mystery behind India's devastating flood that killed 200 people in February
Four months ago, a massive chunk broke off a glacier in India. The ice melted on impact, causing a …
Aylin Woodward
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Disaster at 18,200 feet
What really happened on Denali, North America's tallest peak, on the day a 31-year-old mountaineer …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Biden reverses Trump's major environmental rollbacks with executive orders rejoining the Paris accord, cancelling the Keystone pipeline, and ending drilling in the Arctic wildlife refuge
Biden made action on climate one of his central campaign promises and proposed a $2 trillion plan t…
Eliza Relman
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Youth climate activists plan to protest the biggest social event for Washington's political-media class
Young climate voters are angry that President Joe Biden broke a campaign pledge to end new oil and …
Catherine Boudreau
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American cities are significantly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions because of flawed data, study says
The researchers said a standardized method of measuring emissions is needed to address climate chan…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A TikToker has racked up 39 million views on a video she says captured her running away from a landslide while live streaming
An Alaskan woman known as The Dirty Explorer on TikTok has gone viral after she said she "ran for m…
Charissa Cheong
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Meet Little Diomede Island in Alaska, the 'eyes and ears' of the United States just 2.4 miles from Russia
The little Alaskan city's 83 residents can see Russia — including military base watchtowers &…
Jake Lahut
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Alaska cancels snow crab fishing for a year after the population mysteriously collapsed
Snow crab babies were booming across the Bering Sea a few years ago, but an unexpected population c…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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At the US's northernmost point, the Air Force is training to see — and strike — in tough Arctic conditions
In January, US airmen went to northern Alaska to improve their ability gather intel and, if needed,…
Christopher Woody
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Here we go again: Yes, there's a clear link between wildfires and climate change, despite what President Trump keeps saying
"I don't think science knows, actually," Trump said of the link between wildfires and climate chang…
Susie Neilson
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3 of California's 4 largest fires ever are burning right now, including the biggest in state history
This week, the Doe Fire became the biggest in California history. Three of the four biggest fires i…
Susie Neilson
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Biden promised 'no more drilling on federal lands, period.' He just broke that pledge to approve a massive oil project in Alaska.
The Biden administration on Monday officially approved one of the largest-ever drilling projects on…
Eliza Relman
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An oil company wants to use giant chillers to refreeze the ground that climate change is thawing in order to drill for more oil — which will ultimately accelerate global warming
ConocoPhillips is planning on drilling for oil in northern Alaska, where climate change is causing …
Benji Jones
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Biden's secret weapon to fight climate change without Senate support
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Benji Jones
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Melting ice in Alaska is forming new lakes full of bacteria 'belching' methane into the atmosphere, NASA scientist warns
The lakes — called thermokasts – form when permafrost melts, causing the ground to coll…
Marianne Guenot
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The US Air Force is stocking up on stealth jets in Alaska, and its pilots are learning to thrive in harsh Arctic conditions
"If you don't do all the little things right," Col. David Berkland said this month, "you are going …