Climate Change

2020-11-04 US Withdraws from Paris Agreement Aiming to Limit Climate Change

The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday. Leaders from around the world…

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2020-03-08 Climate Change Hurts Mexico’s Corn Production

Around 9,000 years ago, human beings began growing corn for the first time near Tehuacan, in what is now the…

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2019-11-27 Climate Change Puts North Africa in a Hot Spot

Many areas of North Africa, including Tunisia and Algeria, have seen a sharp decrease in rainfall over the last 50…

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2019-11-26 Italy’s White Truffle Hunters Worry about Climate Change

Rising temperatures are worrying truffle hunters in northwestern Italy. In and around the town of Alba, the most prized truffle -- a…

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2019-11-05 Climate Change a Difficult Issue for Some New Yorkers

New York's Broad Channel neighborhood is an island in more ways than one. Politically, its population actively supports U.S. President…

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2015-11-30 World Leaders Seek Climate Change Agreement

Representatives from more than 150 countries are meeting in Paris to try to reach an agreement on climate change. The…

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2015-09-02 Obama Hikes Melting Glacier to Highlight Climate Change

U.S. President Barack Obama hiked a melting Arctic glacier in Alaska Tuesday to bring attention to climate change. Mr. Obama…

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2015-08-31 Andean Glaciers Reveal Secrets of Climate Change

Ice caps, very large sheets of ice, do not only exist at the earth's poles. There are tropical ice caps in mountain…

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2015-08-27 Fighting Climate Change Important to President Obama

President Barack Obama remains focused on the fight against climate change even as he fights to win support for the…

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2015-07-11 Intense Heat May Be Linked to Climate Change

A massive heat wave is killing people in many countries around the world. Most die of heat stroke. Heat stroke is the…

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2015-03-07 Climate Change Blamed for Events in Syria and California

Before fighting broke out in Syria, the country experienced its driest weather on record. Rainfall and snow totals were at…

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2015-01-07 Nations Preparing to Deal with Climate Change

In 2014, the United Nations released a series of climate reports that showed temperatures on Earth are rising. That is…

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2014-10-20 Climate Change Could Destroy Farms in Africa

A new study says the speed and severity of climate change could cause major damage to small African farms. These farmers are…

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2014-10-13 US Satellites to Help Southeast Asia with Climate Change

Satellite imagery from the United States is expected to soon begin helping about 60 million people in the Lower Mekong…

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2014-05-07 Climate Change Destroys Coral Reefs

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