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Fox News’ Parent Company Is Really Worried About Global Warming

Rupert Murdoch’s businesses lost millions during Superstorm Sandy—and they’re warning that climate change could mean more extreme weather. Fox News criticizes Al Gore’s comments about Superstorm Sandy...

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Here’s What It Looks Like When a Typhoon Devastates Your City

One year ago, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines. DigitalGlobe/Google Well before Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines on November 8, 2013, weather watchers knew the storm would be...

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“So Little Time Between Hope and Death”

This fall, Kashmir saw its worst floods in more than half a century. My family and I barely survived them. A Kashmiri Muslim man carries an electric transformer through floodwaters. Dar Yasin/AP When...

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Here’s How Much the Storm Is Helping California’s Epic Drought

The short answer: It’s a drop in the bucket.  People canoeing and kayaking in a flooded parking lot in Healdsburg, Calif. Eric Risberg/AP In the midst of the most intense drought in hundreds of years,...

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Report: Florida Banned State Workers From Saying “Climate Change”

“Global warming” and “sustainability” among phrases allegedly barred at state’s Department of Environmental Protection, investigative report finds. The aftermath of Hurricane Wilma in 2005 Luis...

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Vanuatu’s President: “Yes, Climate Change Is Contributing to This”

As Cyclone Pam devastates his country, President Baldwin Lonsdale speaks out on the link between global warming and extreme weather. Devastation from Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, Vanuatu Dave Hunt/AP At...

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Baked Alaska

If the Last Frontier is the canary in the climate coal mine, we’re in trouble. Bear Glacier, Alaska, in 2007 Tim Hamilton/Flickr Earlier this winter, Monica Zappa packed up her crew of Alaskan sled...

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Florida and the Science Who Must Not Be Named

Typing around Florida’s ban. wsfurlan/iStock The oceans are slowly overtaking Florida. Ancient reefs of mollusk and coral off the present-day coasts are dying. Annual extremes in hot and cold, wet and...

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The Drought Is Making California Mudslides Even Worse

Here’s why El Niño, wildfires, and drought are such a dangerous combination. Caltrans/AP Mudslides stranded hundreds of motorists on Southern California’s main north-south highway Thursday evening...

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This Deadly Hurricane Is the Strongest Ever in Our Hemisphere

Hurricane Patricia will make landfall today. The strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere is barreling toward Mexico’s Pacific coast, where it is expected to make landfall later...

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