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As 2022 Hurricane Season Looms, A Current that Fuels Monster Storms Is Very Warm

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Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind

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Deadly Heat in India and Pakistan ‘Highly Unlikely’ without Climate Change

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New, Stronger Rules for Truck Pollution Still Would Not Meet Air Quality Goals

Heavy-duty trucks are the largest mobile source of a key precursor to dangerous ozone and particulate matter

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As 2022 Hurricane Season Looms, A Current that Fuels Monster Storms Is Very Warm

Nick Shay and The Conversation US

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Florida Lab to Mimic Category 6 Hurricanes with 200-Mile-per-Hour Wind

Daniel Cusick and E&E News

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Deadly Heat in India and Pakistan ‘Highly Unlikely’ without Climate Change

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Everything You Know about Shark Conservation Is Wrong

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California Faces Summer Blackouts from Climate Extremes

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Climate-Fueled Heat Waves Will Hamper Western Hydropower

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Europe’s Historic Clean Energy Plan Faces a Mining Problem

Sara Schonhardt

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If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California?

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If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California?

A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western U.S.

California Faces Summer Blackouts from Climate Extremes

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Europe’s Historic Clean Energy Plan Faces a Mining Problem

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