Brian Kahn
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It’s so hot in Phoenix, Arizona, planes can’t take off
In a sign of just how hot things are getting, American Airlines cancelled 50 flights out of Phoenix because the planes can’t operate above 118°F.
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Donald Trump sparks a new American climate change movement
It’s been a week since President Trump announced he was pulling US out of Paris Agreement. In that time, a remarkable transformation has taken place.
It’s official: carbon dioxide set an all-time monthly record. A sobering reminder that humans are pushing the climate into a state unseen in millions of years.
The world just passed another round-numbered climate milestone. Scientists predicted it would happen this year and lo and behold, it has.
March was 1.3°C above pre-industrial average temperatures. If you were born after December 1964, you’ve never experienced a month cooler than average on this planet.
Climate change continues its rapid reshaping of the Arctic as yet another month saw sea ice set a record-low mark.
Warm weather ensured Arctic sea ice hit its lowest extent ever recorded for February.
The current wave of scientific discontent has the makings of a budding movement. But whether it moves the political dial remains to be seen.
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This is what 4 million solar panels look like from space
The installation oatthe Longyangxia Dam Solar Park currently has the capacity to generate 850 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power roughly 140,000 U.S. homes.
Weird. Strange. Extreme. Unprecedented. These are some of the words that describe what’s been happening in the Arctic over the past year.
