The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our ...

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It’s well known that the current levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are the highest they’ve been in a long time – but is that a few hundred years? Thousands? Millions? According to a new study ...

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Atmospheric rivers are jets of sky-born water vapor that transport tropical moisture to higher latitudes, and they can be a blessing. In some years they provide 60% of California’s annual ...