One Family’s Great Escape

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Part one of a series on America’s first climate refugees.

Finally, Some Not-Terrible Climate News: Greenland Not Melting Any Faster

Photo by Dirk van As

The last ten years have seen unprecedented ice loss. Don’t expect that speedup to continue, a new study says.

Meet Alvin, the Climate-Change Fighting Puppet

Tim McDonnell/Climate Desk

How one performer is taking a deep dive on rising seas.

Scientists Map Swirling Ocean Eddies for Clues to Climate Change

Guille Avalos/Flickr

Can we read the future in the ocean’s movements?

Australia Urged to Formally Recognise Climate Change Refugee Status

Building beach barriers on Kiribati. Global Environment Facility (GEF)/Flickr

Refugee Council says new category would protect those fleeing the effects of global warming and warns Australian government to prepare for thousands forced from low-lying Pacific islands.

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