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These Graphics Help Explain What Climate Change Looked Like in 2024

By Paul Horn

The two seals are touching their noses together. Sunlight glints off them.

Not Living Fast and Dying Young: Why Older, Bigger Animals Matter

By Georgina Gustin

A house with its lights on is in the background. In the foreground: "GEO" spray painted in purple on the sidewalk leading up to it.

How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

By Phil McKenna

A firefighting helicopter flies near as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on Nov. 6 in Camarillo, Calif. Researchers have found areas exposed to high wildfire hazard will double between 2020 and 2070. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards

By Wyatt Myskow

Alicia Carhart, Mississippi River vegetation specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, peers into a tall wild rice bed on the river in the summer of 2023. Credit: Alicia Carhart/Wisconsin DNR

Decades After It Disappeared, Wild Rice Is Booming Again on the Upper Mississippi River

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 13 near Ilulissat, Greenland. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Arctic Tundra Shifts to Source of Climate Pollution, According to New Report Card

By Marianne Lavelle

The sun's glint reflects off the Pacific Ocean shadowed by a line of cumulonimbus clouds as the International Space Station orbits about 253 miles above the Earth's surface. Credit: NASA

Decline of Reflective Low Clouds May Have Contributed to Recent Record Heat

By Bob Berwyn

A crab inhabits a bed of eelgrass at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. Eelgrass provides critical habitat for hundreds of species. Credit: Holly Plaisted/National Park Service

Seagrasses Capture Carbon 35 Times Faster Than Tropical Rainforests. Scientists Are Working to Save Them

By Teresa Tomassoni

Cars move through floodwater caused by heavy rains on FDR Drive in Manhattan on Sept. 29, 2023. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

In Parts of New York City, a Vexing Mix of Stormwater and Sewage Have Made Flooding the ‘New Normal’

By Lauren Dalban

Firefighters block off a flooded road as a powerful atmospheric river brings heavy rains and wind to the San Francisco Bay Area on Nov. 22 in Windsor, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Water Experts Prepare for Climate Whiplash

By Liza Gross

A young cow grazes near a stack of hay at KazBeef's cow-calf operation near the village of Mamay, Kazakhstan.

Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way

Story and photos by Georgina Gustin

A panel presents the United Nations Methane Report at the COP29 climate conference on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The Tug-of-War on This Climate Super Pollutant Has Big Implications for the Future

By Phil McKenna

A woman walks along a flooded street on Nov. 2 in Valencia, Spain, after heavy rain hit large parts of the country. Scientists attributed the unprecedented flooding event to the rise in global average temperatures. Credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A Brazilian farmer sprays his field with fertilizer in Balsa Nova, Brazil. Credit: Brunno Covello/picture alliance via Getty Images

To Protect the Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently, UN Says

By Georgina Gustin

A view of Pingmei Shenma Group’s nylon production complex in Pingdingshan, China on Aug. 13, 2022. Credit: Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images

US Diplomats Notch a Win on Climate Super Pollutants With Help From the Private Sector

By Phil McKenna

Country delegates attend the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress

By Bob Berwyn

Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist and author, speaks during the Citizen's Climate Lobby conference on June 10, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together

By Dan Gearino

Visitors take in a view of the landscape from the Shark Valley Observation Tower in Everglades National Park near Miami on Feb. 3, 2023. Credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Appeals Court Affirms Conviction of Everglades Scientist Accused of Stealing ‘Trade Secrets’

By Amy Green

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