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At the National Museum of Natural History, leading minds met to discuss the impact of climate change on, well, everything
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To Live in the Anthropocene, People Need Grounded Hope
A Smithsonian symposium about human impacts on Earth looked past warnings of global doom to discuss the necessary balance of achievable solutions
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Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice at a 35-Year High?
Nobody really knows, but they have some thoughts
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See How Humans Have Reshaped the Globe With This Interactive Atlas
Zoomable maps reveal the scope of humanity’s influence on Earth—and the innovations aiming to create a more sustainable future
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To Survive Climate Change, We Should Be More Like the Eskimos
Arctic Studies Center director Bill Fitzhugh says that studying northern cultures can help people adapt to climate change
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The Smithsonian Institution Announces an Official Climate Change Statement
The bold assessment acknowledges that the global climate is warming because of human activities
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A Poem Dedicated to Earth in the Age of Humans
National Portrait Gallery historian David Ward writes a new ode for the Anthropocene
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How Climate Change May Have Shaped Human Evolution
Evidence is building that past climate change may have forged some of the defining traits of humanity
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This Clear Plastic Material Harvests Solar Energy Without You Even Knowing It’s There
Researchers are developing transparent solar collectors that let sunlight in, while turning ultraviolet and near-infrared light into electricity
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Make Cities Explode in Size With These Interactive Maps
From Los Angeles to Lagos, see how megacities have been taking over the planet during the past 100 years
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Six Weird Ways Humans Are Altering the Planet
From deep holes to flying sheep, some signs of human activity might really perplex geologists in the far future
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Have Humans Really Created a New Geologic Age?
We are living in the Anthropocene. But no one can agree when it started or how human activity will be preserved
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Travel Through Deep Time With This Interactive Earth
Explore key moments in Earth’s transformative history as continents drift and climate fluctuates over 4.6 billion years
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Which of 2013’s Many Natural Disasters Can We Blame on Climate Change?
The ongoing California drought may, or may not, be due to climate change
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As Many As 3 Million Americans Could Soon Be Threatened by Sea Level Rise
Across the world, 650 million people could be at risk
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Norway Is Paying Liberia To Stop Deforestation
Norway is promising Liberia $150 million to stop cutting down trees by 2020
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A Remote Cold War Radar System Has New Use in a Warming World
The stations designed to ring an alarm against nuclear attack may have new responsibilities due to climate change
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Canada and Australia Don’t Want To Play Along With U.N. Climate Summit
Political leaders from Canada and Australia, along with a few others, are skipping the U.N. climate summit today
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The Risks of Fire Around Chernobyl
Radioactive forest litter that has accumulated for the past 28 years could fuel massive blazes in the future
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The World Experienced Record-Breaking Weather This August
Last month was the warmest August on record since record-keeping began
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