CLIMATE CHANGE

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Freezer Malfunction Melts Precious Arctic Ice Samples

“I’ve had better days, let’s say that.”

10 Facts About Being a Climate Scientist—From Climate Scientists

What exactly is a climate scientist, and how do they make sense of the complicated systems that rule our lives on the planet?

Small Dietary Changes Could Bring Big Environmental Gains

It could save the U.S. $77 billion (or more) in healthcare costs and reduce each person’s greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 500 pounds per year.

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Experts Predict Widespread Ocean Warming by 2050

Up to 86 percent of the ocean surface will be warming and acidifying within the next few decades—unless we take steps to prevent it.

A Warm Winter May Prompt a Maple Syrup Shortage

This is a big deal for syrup farmers’ finances, and for U.S. residents who can’t get enough of the sweet stuff.

8 Climatic Facts About Our Abnormally Warm Winter

4. Chicago saw no snow in January or February.

D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms Will Arrive Extra Early This Year

An unseasonably warm winter (what is seasonal anymore, anyway?) has forced organizers to start the capital’s beloved annual Cherry Blossom Festival one week early.

NASA captures a high altitude view of Alaska's Icy Bay in the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness. Just a century ago, this body of water was covered in ice.

Climate Change vs. Global Warming: What's the Difference?

While global warming is a specific function of trapped greenhouse gases, climate change is more complicated.