Climate Change Is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions.
We know. Global warming is daunting. So here’s a place to start: 17 often-asked questions with some straightforward answers.
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Credit Here Are the 10 National Monuments the Interior Department Wants to Shrink or Modify
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed that President Trump make changes to 10 national monuments, including Bears Ears in southern Utah, according to a memo addressed to the White House.
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The Real Unknown of Climate Change: Our Behavior
Scientific predictions about Earth’s sensitivity to greenhouse gases have generally held up. But no one can predict how much more carbon pollution people will choose to pump out.
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CreditAndrew Burton for The New York Times From Heat Waves to Hurricanes: What We Know About Extreme Weather and Climate Change
A string of extreme events has brought new focus to a familiar question: Is climate change to blame?
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Credit A ‘500-Year Flood’ Could Happen Again Sooner Than You Think. Here’s Why.
Terms like “500-year flood” and “100-year flood” are used as shorthand by government officials and actuaries, but they can confuse the public.
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CreditThe New York Times Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing
The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result of climate change. And it is also a cause of more warming to come.
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Credit If You Fix This, You Fix a Big Piece of the Climate Puzzle
There’s no single solution for climate change, but there is one that would be more effective than others. What do you think it is?
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Credit Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea
Some scientists fear that West Antarctica’s immense ice sheet may have entered the early stages of an unstoppable disintegration.
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Credit How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps
Americans overwhelmingly believe that global warming is happening, and that carbon emissions should be scaled back. But fewer are sure that it will harm them personally.
