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Avoid Harmful Algae and Cyanobacteria

Harmful algae and cyanobacteria, sometimes called blue-green algae, can produce toxins (poisons) that can make people and animals sick and affect the environment. Learn...
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El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news,...

Bob Leamon, University of Maryland, Baltimore County El Niño is officially here, and while it’s still weak right now, federal forecasters expect this global disrupter...
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6 feet of snow in Buffalo: What causes lake-effect storms like this?

Michael A. Rawlins, UMass Amherst It’s hard for most people to imagine 6 feet of snow in one storm, like the Buffalo area saw over...
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Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up...

Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves,...
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Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of...

Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol The Earth is approximately 1.1℃ warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not...
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Climate change is making flooding worse: 3 reasons the world is...

Frances Davenport, Colorado State University Heavy rainfall turned into dangerous flooding in rugged Appalachia in late July, sweeping away homes and killing at least 25...
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Farm runoff causing devastating algae blooms and dead zones in the...

To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm pollution Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental...
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What is committed warming?

A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue long after emissions end Julien Emile-Geay, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences By now, few people...
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Ice world: Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is under assault from below and...

Ted Scambos, University of Colorado Boulder Flying over Antarctica, it’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Like a gigantic wedding cake, the...
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Hurricane season is just around the corner

Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005,...

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