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The logo for the COP29 climate change conference is painted on a road in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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  • Climate

Trump's reelection casts a shadow over the start of global climate negotiations

Trump's return to the White House raises questions about whether the country will continue working on global climate initiatives.



November 11, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley,
  • Jeff Brady,
  • and 3 more
A man walks through the wind and rain brought by Hurricane Rafael in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Cuba's power grid goes down as Hurricane Rafael plows across island

The Category 3 storm knocked out the country's entire power grid just before making landfall, making it almost impossible for people to receive radio or television updates.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Flames engulf a structure during the Mountain Fire Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif.

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  • News

Thousands in Southern California told to evacuate as wind-fed wildfire spreads

The Mountain Fire, northwest of Los Angeles, destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as forecasters warned of the potential for “extreme and life-threatening” blazes.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Supporters watch returns at a campaign election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center.

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  • USPS

Trump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts and activists say

Despite Donald Trump’s focus on fossil fuels, his return to the White House won’t derail clean energy, analysts and activists say.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley
An image of the Valencia floods from the Landsat 8 satellite taken on Oct. 30.

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  • Europe

Satellite images show the devastation from Spain's deadly floods

The images show a devastating transformation of eastern Spain, where at least 205 people have been killed by flash floods.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Miguel Macias
A man walks through a debris-covered street after flash floods hit eastern Spain on October 30, 2024. Climate scientists say global warming makes extreme rain events like it more likely.

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  • Climate

Hundreds are dead in Spain's floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change

Hundreds are dead after torrential rains devastated Spain’s east. Climate scientists say a hotter planet makes deadly events like it more likely.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Julia Simon
People walk through flooded streets in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people

Crews in Spain searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as people tried to salvage what they could from homes following monstrous flash floods.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Fisherman Omerserik Ibragimov heads out to put his nets in the water of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan on Aug. 7. <a href="https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-30988/aral-sea"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Asia

Central Asia’s Ticking Time Bomb: Water

The Aral Sea has nearly disappeared over the last 60 years. Now, its source rivers are depleting.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Valerie Kipnis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 2 more
A mother with an infant on her shoulder tries to view a screen showing the three stages of a storm lifecycle during training to become a National Weather Service trained weather spotter.

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  • Weather

Weather pros want your help to spot storms

The National Weather Service still has a few sessions left this year for training citizens to help inform their communities during severe weather. 

October 28, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
FEMA workers going door to door in Soperton, in Treutlen County, Tuesday morning.

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  • News

FEMA administrator gives update on damage, recovery in heavy-hit Augusta

Nearly a month after Hurricane Helene ripped through south and east Georgia, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it's distributed some $159 million in disaster assistance to hundreds of thousands of people.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Heavy rain from Hurricane Helene caused destructive flooding in North Carolina this year. A new study from the United Nations Environment Programme shows the world is on track for more severe climate impacts, like severe storms and extreme rain.

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  • Climate

How is the world doing on climate change? Not great

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the world is still on track for severe climate change impacts, a new U.N. report finds. Countries will meet for international climate talks next month.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
GPB  NPR

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  • Climate

What it’s like to care for some of the most endangered animals on Earth

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care now, safeguarded 24 hours a day.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Ryan Kellman
More than a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades because of human actions. This week, world leaders are meeting in Colombia to discuss how to preserve biodiversity and prevent habitat loss.

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  • Science

To save nature, world leaders aim to turn words into action at biodiversity summit

The United Nations effort to achieve “harmony” with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
A FloodVision rendering of a 1% annual chance flood in 2050 at the World War II Home Front Museum on St. Simons Island.

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  • Climate

PHOTOS: Can these images predict Coastal Georgia flooding risks for 2050 and beyond?

“Google Street View, but for coastal flooding” is how one researcher described the tool.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the EPA's emission rules to continue while litigation continues in the lower courts.

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  • Law

Supreme Court refuses to interfere in EPA litigation, for now

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented while two other conservatives wrote that they may be sympathetic to the case were it to be brought after a lower court ruling.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Ilana Dutton
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