Toxic algae becoming severe threat nationwide
Outbreaks have been reported in every state, a trend likely to accelerate as climate change boosts warmer temperatures
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Global coal phaseout goal may further isolate U.S.
Twenty countries join environmental goal, as biggest users like China and U.S. don't sign even as coal use dwindles
Report: Health effects of pollution hit minorities hard
The report found that more than 1 million African-Americans across the U.S. live within a half mile of natural gas facilities
15,000 scientists say "time is running out" on climate change
More than 15,000 scientists have endorsed a "second notice" to the world, warning of the growing impact of climate change
Activists occupy coal power plant near climate summit
Conference in Bonn, Germany, draws leaders as focus shifts to coal, with Trump's threat to pull out of Paris climate deal looming large
Brazil says Amazon deforestation rate is slowing
Brazil says the rate of deforestation in its Amazon conservation areas fell by 28 percent over the past year
Trump administration talks up fossil fuels at U.N. climate conference
While that puts America at odds with 194 other nations, some American entrepreneurs and politicians want to make sure the administration does not have the final word
Protesters disrupt U.S. event at climate talks in Germany
About 200 protesters stood up 10 minutes into the event and began singing an anti-coal song to the tune of "God Bless the U.S.A"
Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat years
Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn't go up at all
Leaked docs spark ethics accusation against Prince Charles
Prince Charles' investments were revealed in leak of "Paradise Papers" financial documents
Syria to join Paris climate accord, leaving U.S. lone outlier
The move would leave the United States as the only U.N. member nation not supporting the agreement
Climate report says humans "extremely likely" to blame for warming
Government report says "there are no convincing alternative explanations" for rising temperatures and a changing climate
Record surge in atmospheric CO2 in 2016
“We are actually moving in the wrong direction," World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas says
New Mexico moves to defuse outrage over science standards
The state will adopt widely used school science standards in their entirety in response public outrage over proposed changes that omitted references to global warming and evolution
What's worse than flooding? Drought
As the planet warms, an increase in "dry shocks" is taking a heavy toll on cities around the world
GAO says climate change already costing U.S. billions
Costs are expected to rise as devastating storms, floods, wildfires and droughts become more frequent in the coming decades
"This is kind of a warning": Study says NYC may see more frequent flooding
Researchers say floods that strike NYC roughly every 25 years now, could happen once every five years between 2030 and 2045
EPA cancels appearance of scientists at climate change event
The event is designed to draw attention to the health of Narragansett Bay, which forms New England's largest estuary
Once-pristine Arctic choking on our plastic addiction
300 billion tiny pieces of plastic trash are drifting just beneath the surface in ocean waters previously impervious to the pollution onslaught
In Africa, a new weapon in the fight against climate change: drones
In Zanzibar, an innovative mapping initiative is using new technology to help policy makers fight the effects of rising sea levels
How high-tech mapping could help save the Great Barrier Reef
New and old technologies reveal what's killing Australia's great marine wonder
Dangers posed by Alaska's rapidly thawing permafrost
Side effects include the rapid release of greenhouse gases and homes buckling into uneven ground
2017 is second-warmest year on record, NOAA says
September was the fourth-warmest September on record and saw a number of weather anomalies across the globe
"Tarantino does Happy Feet": Mass die-off of Antarctic penguin chicks
Researchers say mass die-off occurred because unusually large amounts of sea ice forced penguins to travel farther in search of food for their young
How climate change is "turning up the dial" on wildfires
Experts say fires like those burning up California's wine country will be more frequent, more intense and last longer as global temperatures rise
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Scientists discover new dinosaur species
Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world
Extreme heat putting births in jeopardy, U.N. climate chief warns
Neuroscientists grow human brain tissue in mice
New species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century
Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage
Remains of ancient warhorse given honorific burial discovered in Egypt
Anthropic CEO says "exponential" growth of AI is a "warning sign"
First-ever adult T. rex trackway found in North Dakota
Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, more
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NASA plans to launch new space telescope
Invasive Joro spiders are "slowly spreading." Here's what to do if you see one.
A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
