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Lake Shasta
Science
Reservoirs are sources of drinking water, hydropower and … tons of greenhouse gases
A bank of this lake thawed in the Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska, allowing the Okokmilaga River to cut through and drain it to sea.
Environment
Earth’s biggest natural fridge is turning into a greenhouse gas machine
An illustration from an 18th century history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards.
Environment
How disease and genocide marked the start of the ‘human age’
The Houston Ship Channel stretches 52 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Houston. Sea levels have risen 2.2 feet over the last century at Galveston, the main barrier island protecting the Ship Channel from a big storm.
Environment
The ‘Texas miracle’ is fueling huge economic growth — and the climate change that may end it
Researcher Tami Bond won a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship for her work investigating the sources of black carbon emissions.
Environment
A newly-minted ‘genius’ hopes to stop pollution from soot and smoke
Carbon dioxide emissions by country 2014
Environment
Is China the real target for Obama’s sweeping new carbon rules?
Environment
Alt-meat lunch: In the Netherlands, a lab for low-impact alternatives to livestock