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National Nuclear Security Administration
The US is dismantling nuclear warheads to power the next generation of reactors
This handout image supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA), shows an aerial view of Sinai and the Syrian desert from the International Space Station, on May 12, 2016.
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The controversial plan to turn a desert green
The Seaview neighbourhood located in Portuguese Bend continues to suffer damage from continuing landslides, in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, on September 3, 2024.
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Landslides are destroying multimillion-dollar homes in California, and they’re getting worse
TOPSHOT - Law enforcement members watch as the Thompson fire burns over Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. A heatwave is sending temperatures soaring resulting in red flag fire warnings throughout the state. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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The planet endures its hottest summer on record — for the second straight year
A sunken Greek village is reemerging from a lake as water levels dwindle due to a drought.
Stelios Misinas/Reuters
Sunken village emerges in Greece as drought dries up lake
The IceNode robot, designed to study ice and ocean properties in a changing Arctic environment, deployed at Ice Camp Whale during Operation Ice Camp (ICE CAMP) 2024. ICE CAMP is a three-week operation run by the Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) that allows the Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue to develop relationships with other services, allies, and partner organizations. Capable of sustained operations below the ice, IceNode can support tasks for Navy operations and gather data to improve predictions for sea-ice extent in a warming environment (see: climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/arctic-sea-ice). This work was funded by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech. This work was supported by the U.S. Navy’s Arctic Submarine Lab (ASL), with acknowledgement to the field team who assisted deployment and recovery of the robot
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NASA
Video Meet NASA’s newest tool to fight climate change 2:31
2019/11/29: African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Huanib River Valley in northern Damaraland and Kaokoland, Namibia.
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Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including elephants and hippos — and distribute the meat
The IceNode robot being deployed in a field test north of Alaska, in March 2024. IceNode can gather data to improve predictions for sea level rise in a warming environment.
NASA
How long do we have until sea level rise swallows coastal cities? This fleet of ocean robots will help find out
Construction crews removed the top of the cofferdam that was left of Iron Gate Dam allowing the Klamath River to run in its original path for the first time in nearly a century near Hornbrook, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, A coalition of tribes, local and state authorities joined to make the years-long project a reality.
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The largest dam removal project in the US is completed – a major win for Indigenous tribes
A resident collects water from a tank as tap water has been declared undrinkable as a result of the drought in Teulada, Alicante, Spain, August 19, 2024.
Eva Manez/Reuters
Tap water in parts of this drought-stricken tourist hot spot is now too salty to drink
This picture taken on November 27, 2019 shows waves hitting the shore in Majuro, the capital city of the Marshall Islands.
Hilary Hosia/AFP/Getty Images/File
‘The ocean is overflowing’: UN chief issues global SOS as new reports warn Pacific sea-level rise outstrips global average
A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celcius) during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona on July 18, 2023. Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western and southern states. In Arizona, state capital Phoenix recorded its 17th straight day above 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius), as temperatures hit 113F (45C) Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Coating clothes with this simple material could cool your body by up to 8 degrees
A waterspout is formed during a storm in the Mediterranean Sea, October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
This superyacht hot spot for the uber-wealthy is heating up — and becoming more dangerous
In an aerial view, Tesla cars recharge at a Tesla Supercharger station on February 15, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
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1,500 policies to fix global warming were implemented in 41 countries. Here are the ones that worked best
Molts and shells from snow crab sit on a table in June at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Kodiak, Alaska.
Joshua A. Bickel/AP
Scientists have more evidence to explain why billions of crabs vanished around Alaska
Cars drive past by the newly planted trees and light installations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 27, 2024. Addis Ababa's urban renewal brings modern infrastructure and new challenges, with steep fines for traffic violations and new regulations. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place