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Climate Change
Featuring research and hands-on efforts around climate change
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The Pineapple Express — an atmospheric river originating in the tropical Pacific — walloped western North America in February 2017. These systems are becoming more frequent at higher latitudes, leaving mid latitudes drier.
Atmospheric rivers are shifting toward the poles, possibly following a long-term cycle
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Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia
Climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020
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Matthew Henry via Unsplash
Decarbonizing the grid is the dawn of a new era of electricity.
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Matt Perko
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.
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iStock / Vanessa Nunes
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ChiehCheng via iStock
The El Niño Southern Oscillation influences weather patterns across the world.
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Lopazanski et al.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is one of many marine protected areas around the globe that safeguards biodiversity, cultural heritage and marine resources.
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Illustration by Maya Gonzalez
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Karina Johnston
Beach bur, a native plant that helped to form dunes on a section of Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles