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Climatic changes

The War of the World

On a single day in July of 1943, more than 500 Allied planes bombed Rome, killing 1,500 people. The city got off lightly compared with Naples, which was attacked 200…

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Promises, Promises

Can Obama redeem his environmental failures?

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The Quinoa Quarrel

Who owns the world’s greatest superfood?

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Razing Arizona

Will drought destroy the Southwest?

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Little Green Men

From “Human Engineering and Climate Change,” by S. Matthew Liao, Anders Sandberg, Rebecca Roache, published last year in Ethics, Policy & Environment. A widely cited report by the United Nations…

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Glaciers for Sale

A global-warming get-rich-quick scheme

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Empire Falls

From Responding to Climate Change in New York State, a November 2011 report prepared for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Rising sea levels and extreme weather…

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Baked Alaska

From interviews with Yup’ik hunters and elders in the Alaskan villages of St. Mary’s and Pitka’s Point by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, conducted as part of a study…

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A Rising Tide

Planning the future of a sinking island

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