Arctic snow is shifting to rain. That’s a global problem

As the Arctic warms and transforms, many of its most iconic, frozen features are dissolving away. Glaciers are melting and trickling...

By Chelsea Harvey | 12/01/2021 06:50 AM EST

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Arctic rainfall.

The sun sets as rain falls beyond floating icebergs above the Arctic Circle in Ilulissat, Greenland, in September. Rainfall is more frequent in the Arctic. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

People are pictured use a rope line to cross a river in Puerto Rico two weeks after Hurricane Maria caused widespread damage in 2017. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Civil rights panel probes hurricane response for first time

By Thomas Frank | 12/01/2021 06:49 AM EST

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Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake surveys a Hawaii harbor during severe flooding in 2018.

Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake surveys a Hawaii harbor during severe flooding in 2018. The city of Hononlulu is suing oil companies for climate damages. Brandon Newman/U.S. Coast Guard via AP

Judges to hit key climate question: State or federal court?

By Lesley Clark | 11/30/2021 06:17 AM EST

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The J.M. Stuart Station is seen next to the Ohio River a year after it closed.

‘Urban myth’: Can Congress replace coal with renewables?

By Benjamin Storrow | 11/29/2021 06:34 AM EST

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Researchers collecting sediment from Sunday Lake in Alaska.

Arctic Ocean has been ‘Atlantifying’ for at least a century

By Chelsea Harvey | 11/29/2021 06:33 AM EST

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A family walks through a river to access the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Biden’s EJ promises might not cover other countries

By Jean Chemnick | 11/24/2021 06:47 AM EST

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Onlookers watch as a lake freighter passes beneath the Aerial Lift Bridge, a landmark in Duluth, Minn.

Climate pioneers flee fire, heat for famously frigid Duluth

By Daniel Cusick | 11/24/2021 06:43 AM EST

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A person walks through the remnants of Hurricane Ida in the Bronx borough of New York City.

Flood funding slashed in reconciliation package

By Thomas Frank | 11/23/2021 06:53 AM EST

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President Biden said yesterday that he would nominate Jerome Powell (left) for a second term as Federal Reserve chair. Biden picked Lael Brainard (right) as vice chair.

Biden keeps Jerome Powell. What it means for climate

By Avery Ellfeldt | 11/23/2021 06:51 AM EST

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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R)

Northeast states abandon cap-and-trade plan for cars

By Benjamin Storrow | 11/22/2021 06:30 AM EST

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Postal officials at the Darby Borough Post Office in Delaware County, Pa., don gloves and masks to unload a truck after a white substance was found at the site in 2001.

Inside the post office’s 122-year drive to EV mail delivery

By Arianna Skibell | 11/22/2021 06:28 AM EST

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Thailand flood

Fearing liability, U.S. resists U.N. fund for climate damages

By Jean Chemnick | 11/19/2021 07:20 AM EST

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