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Smoke From the West Coast Wildfires Has Been Reported As Far Away As the Netherlands

Smoke fills the sky on Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington on September 12, 2020.

Smoke From the West Coast Wildfires Has Been Reported As Far Away As the Netherlands

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

A wildfire near Shaver Lake, California, earlier this month.

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

It Was 130 Degrees in Death Valley This Weekend—Likely the Hottest Temperature Recorded on Earth Since 1913

Death Valley National Park in California.

It Was 130 Degrees in Death Valley This Weekend—Likely the Hottest Temperature Recorded on Earth Since 1913

Climate Change vs. Global Warming: What's the Difference?

NASA captures a high altitude view of Alaska's Icy Bay in the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness. Just a century ago, this body of water was covered in ice.

Climate Change vs. Global Warming: What's the Difference?

The Home of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Just Had Its Hottest Day Ever

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What a Whopper: Burger King’s New Commercial About Cow Farts Has Farmers Angry

A Burger King ad about cow farts is drawing controversy.

Vermont Just Banned Residents From Throwing Food Scraps in the Trash

Compost is delicious trash salad for your soil.

Expeditions Gather Climate Change Clues on Mount Everest in Two New Documentaries

Team members climb up a slope during the expedition to find Sandy Irvine's remains on Mount Everest.

It Was 100 Degrees in Siberia This Weekend—The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Arctic

A "Pole of Cold" monument commemorating Verkhoyansk as one of the coldest places on Earth.

A Massive Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Doomed the Roman Republic

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Penguin Poop Makes So Much Laughing Gas That Scientists Studying It Go ‘Completely Cuckoo’

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10 Eco-Friendly Products for a More Sustainable Lifestyle

These eco-friendly products will help you live a more sustainable life.

14 Incredible Scientific Discoveries of the Decade

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Greta Thunberg Named TIME’s Person of the Year for 2019

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Ryrkaypiy, Russia, Is Being Overrun By Hungry Polar Bears

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New Time-Lapse Shows the Threat Meltwater Lakes Pose to Greenland’s Glaciers

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