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A Bird's-Eye View of Carbon Emissions
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What if carbon dioxide pollution were solid carbon chunks?
What if Carbon Left Your Tailpipe as Solid Chunks?
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Together, all the cars on Earth would leave quite the pile of carbon behind—every day.
How Carbon Dioxide Warms Planet Earth
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Carbon dioxide acts like a heat-trapping blanket, warming our planet.
What’s Causing Greenland’s Biggest Glacier to Melt?
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Warming ocean water is eating away at Greenland's glaciers from below.
This Alaska Community is Losing Sea Ice to Climate Change
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See how one small town’s survival is threatened by climate change.
How Earth’s Climate Changed Over the Past 500 Million Years
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Learn more about our planet’s Hothouse and Icehouse climates.
How Climate Has Shifted Over Millions of Years
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Lake mud from the Russian Arctic tells us that Earth's climate has oscillated in the past.
The Looming Satellite Gap
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Many Earth-observing satellites are nearing the end of their lives.
The Volga Trade Route
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The Vikings may have trekked all the way to Iran in search of crucible steel.
Ancient Volcanic Activity in Ice
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Researchers try to prove the existence of a 13th century volcanic eruption using ice.
When Hurricane Sandy Went Rogue
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What started out as a tropical storm evolved into one of New York City’s worst nightmares.
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