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Discover #sustainability with 'A Climate Change with Matt Matern.' Simplifying complex issues, inspiring action, & joining a movement for change. Available on Apple, Spotify, & iHeart. Let's make 'a climate change' together! #climatechange
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Where things stand on climate change in 2026

Last year saw the U.S. move backward on climate while China ascended. Here’s what to expect next.

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Where things stand on climate change in 2026 » Yale Climate Connections
Last year saw the U.S. move backward on climate while China ascended. Here’s what to expect next.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate

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Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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2025 continues streak of hottest years ever recorded

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Feel like the world is on fire right now? 2025 was, too | CBC Climate Change News
2025 ranked as the third hottest year on record, barely behind the last two years, and one where regions of the world still saw dangerous and deadly heatwaves.
www.cbc.ca
January 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Venezuela is methane mess! Methane is 80 times more potent than CO2

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Venezuela Has the Most Methane-Intensive Oil in the World
The Trump administration wants American companies to modernize oil production in Venezuela. There are many roadblocks to that happening, though, including the country’s huge methane problem.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Trump Storms. Trump Floods. Trump Droughts. Trump Fires. Trump High Insurance and Utility Bills. #climate
U.S. Emissions Jumped in 2025 as Coal Power Rebounded
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January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Eco Wave Power delivers strong December output at Jaffa Port, Israel

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Eco Wave Power delivers strong December output at Jaffa Port, Israel - International Water Power
Eco Wave Power Global AB reported solid wave energy production from its EWP-EDF One project at Jaffa Port in southern Tel Aviv, Israel
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January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed

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Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed
The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Oxfam report shows world's richest 1% have already exhausted their annual carbon budget

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Oxfam report shows world's richest 1% have already exhausted their annual carbon budget
It is estimated that the emissions produced by the richest 1 per cent in a single year could contribute to approximately 1.3 million heat-related deaths by the end of the century.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive hit to global warming effort

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Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive hit to global warming effort
The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change underpins global efforts to address rising temperatures.
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January 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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"Ocean Heat Content Sets Another Record in 2025" | Our (Yuying Pan et al) new article in Advances in Atmospheric Science: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Counter Global Warming

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The Scientists Making Antacids for the Sea to Help Counter Global Warming
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January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so

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Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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The secret weapon that could finally force climate action

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The secret weapon that could finally force climate action
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest car...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Companies are coming up with plans to block out the sun

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Companies are coming up with plans to block out the sun
Private companies are jumping into the race to deploy particles to the atmosphere to reduce global warming, prompting enthusiasm from investors and concerns from some scientists, Josh Marcus reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Senate Climate Hawks Aren't Ready To Stop Talking About It

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January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study

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The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study - Inside Climate News
Many chronic pain patients cite the weather as a driver of their suffering, and climate change is making the torment more likely and harder to deal with. But research on the relationship is uncertain,...
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January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Climate Goals Are Becoming More Realistic. That’s Good News.

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Opinion | Climate Goals Are Becoming More Realistic. That’s Good News.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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‘We look ridiculous’: US government website removes fossil fuels as cause of global warming

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Fossil fuels removed as cause of global warming on EPA website
'It's like pretending cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer,' says one climate expert.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Have a safe, happy, and healthy new year everyone! 🎉
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say
2025 was the third hottest year on record and pushed Earth past a critical climate change mark, scientists say.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A Deep-Sea Creature Is Pulling Carbon From the Atmosphere. Scientists Didn’t Know It Was There.

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A Deep-Sea Creature Is Pulling Carbon From the Atmosphere. Scientists Didn’t Know It Was There.
Scientists could never square theory with data on how certain organisms fixed carbon. Turns out they were asking the wrong question.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Here’s the exact amount of CO₂ we need to remove to avoid climate disaster

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Here’s the exact amount of CO₂ we need to remove to avoid climate disaster - Futura-Sciences
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to slow global warming has become an undeniable necessity — but it’s not the only action we need to take. On the first day of the COP30 climate summit, a leading ... R...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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How climate change is threatening human rights

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How climate change is threatening human rights
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change

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Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet?
www.technologyreview.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM