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A diver swims alongside the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands.

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Scientists discover the world’s largest coral — so big it can be seen from space

Smoke pours from the Lyondell Basell Houston refinery on June 14, 2024 in Houston, Texas. The International Energy Agency is predicting a major surplus of oil by the end of the decade as production continues rising and demand declines. The decline is in part due to the switch from gasoline to electric vehicles and renewable energy. The agency has reported that the world's oil production is expected to increase to approximately 114 million barrels per day by 2030.

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Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing hopes it would start to drop in 2024

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Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines

A beached whale installation by the Belgian art collective 'Captain Boomer' lies on the embankment during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov

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Why thousands are gathering around a rancid ‘dead whale’ by the world’s biggest lake

HOUSTON, TEXAS - JUNE 14: An aerial view of smoke from the LyondellBasell Houston refinery on June 14, 2024 in Houston, Texas. The International Energy Agency is predicting a major surplus of oil by the end of the decade as production continues rising and demand declines. The decline is in part due to the switch from gasoline to electric vehicles and renewable energy. The agency has reported that the world's oil production is expected to increase to approximately 114 million barrels per day by 2030. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is pictured at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

An aerial view from onboard a helicopter taken on August 25, 2014 shows a crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia. Russian scientists have now discovered seven giant craters in remote Siberia, the deputy director of the Oil and Gas Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vasily Bogoyavlensky, told AFP on March 12, adding that the mysterious phenomenon was believed to be linked to climate change.

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Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why

Caribou gather in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in June.

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Biden administration will limit drilling in Arctic refuge as it secures president’s legacy

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Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen churns in the Caribbean Sea Wednesday afternoon.

Another storm is brewing in the Caribbean. Here are what areas should be on alert

In this NOAA image taken by the GOES satellite, Hurricane Lee crosses the Atlantic Ocean as it moves west on September 8, 2023. Lee reached Category 5, but then weakened slightly to Category 4 as it expected to be a dangerous storm as it moves over the southwest Atlantic. It is too early to know if it will directly affect the United States.

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2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts

Solutions

Climeworks' Mammoth plant, unveiling.

The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works

Long Island, N.Y.: An operational wind turbine, along with two under construction behind it, and a lifting barge, are seen in this photo taken at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean, on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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Offshore wind projects have been dogged by inflation and culture wars. Now they’re making a comeback

Rendering of the Equatic 3,650tpa CDR plant under construction in Singapore.

Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.

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Argentina withdraws delegates from climate summit as Milei heads for Mar-a-Lago

General view of the courtroom as a Dutch court rules in Shell's appeal over a 2021 court order to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts, in The Hague, Netherlands on November 12, 2024.

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Court rules this major oil company can continue to pollute

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 28: Heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend on Thursday night with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges that killed at least 42 people in several states. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

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2024 will be the first year on record to smash a warming limit scientists warned about

Prison contractor CoreCivic operates the San Diego, California-based Otay Mesa Detention Center. Shares of the company soared after former President Donald Trump was projected to win a second term.

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From prison companies to Tesla: These stocks are soaring off the Trump victory

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Video Iceland is entering a new period of volcanic unrest. See how one small team helps keep people safe 2:13

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Video She lost everything in a hurricane. Now she’s rebuilding without insurance 3:57

The IceNode robot, designed to study ice and ocean properties in a changing Arctic environment, deployed at Ice Camp Whale during Operation Ice Camp (ICE CAMP) 2024. ICE CAMP is a three-week operation run by the Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) that allows the Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue to develop relationships with other services, allies, and partner organizations. Capable of sustained operations below the ice, IceNode can support tasks for Navy operations and gather data to improve predictions for sea-ice extent in a warming environment (see: climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice). This work was funded by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech. This work was supported by the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Submarine Lab (ASL), with acknowledgement to the field team who assisted deployment and recovery of the robot

Video Meet NASA’s newest tool to fight climate change 2:31

<p>Activist, investor, political donor and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer joins Fareed to talk about his new book “Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War.”</p>

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‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?

A turtle swims in a shallow lagoon at Lady Elliot Island, off the Queensland Coast.

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

EXTREMES

Agents stand amid debris during rain in Paiporta, south of Valencia, eastern Spain, on November 13 in the aftermath of deadly flooding.

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Thousands evacuated as parts of Spain hit with nearly a month’s rainfall in one hour

A Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737 plane flies as a storm approaches at Sydney International Airport on June 7, 2024. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Flights to Bali canceled after erupting volcano unleashes ash clouds

Hurricane Milton destroyed the roof of Tropicana Field in October.

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Hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field can be fixed for about $55M in time for 2026 season, per report

WATER

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Colombian asylum seekers walk along a desert road after crossing the U.S.-Mexico on September 22, 2024 near Jacumba Hot Springs, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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Weather extremes influence illegal migration and return between the US and Mexico, study finds

Lake Yliki in Boeotia, central Greece, with low water levels on July 11, 2024.

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The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history

Part of the Negro River is visible amid a severe drought in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

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Stark before-and-after pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major Amazon rivers

COST OF LIVING

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance attend a debate hosted by CBS News in New York on Tuesday.

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Fact-checking the CBS News vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz

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Fact-checking night 1 of the Democratic National Convention

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 29 : A general view from the site after Hurricane Ian left Florida on Thursday following making landfall as a devastating Category 4 hurricane, on September 29, 2022 in Florida, United States. Widespread catastrophic damage has been left in much of southwestern Florida as 2.6 million people continue to lack power and thousands remain stranded. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher