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The Polar jet stream carries weather systems around the northern hemisphere. It's powered by the temperature differential between the Arctic and areas farther south, but new research finds that it's being disrupted as rapid warming in the Arctic reduces t

Here's a new climate change reality that Trump's new policies ignore

Global Politics

As President Trump turns US government policy away from the realities of climate change, a new scientific study confirms a link between climate pollution and dangerously extreme weather. The irony of the timing is not lost on the study's lead author.

Here's a new climate change reality that Trump's new policies ignore
A homeowner cleans up debris from her home in Louisiana.

It takes an army of trucks from around the country to haul away the damage from Louisiana's floods

Development
It takes an army of trucks from around the country to haul away the damage from Louisiana's floods
Residents wade through a flooded street as they evacuate their homes in Chennai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, December 3, 2015.

Coastal city of Chennai, India's fourth largest, experiences record-breaking flooding

Environment
Coastal city of Chennai, India's fourth largest, experiences record-breaking flooding