Climate

Swedish Photographer Christian Aslund visited Svalbard, in the Arctic Circle, to document the retreat of glaciers. He found that they look very different from archival images taken up to a century ago.

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Stunning images show Arctic glaciers’ dramatic retreat

An aerial view of a road cutting through the Guyana jungle on March 9, 2025.

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A tiny rainforest country is growing into a petrostate. A US oil company could reap the biggest rewards

Activists of "Just Stop Oil" glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022. Just Stop Oil/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

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Just Stop Oil says it will stop throwing soup at paintings and end disruptive protest

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends the first Cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump's second term, at the White House on February 26.

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The Trump admin accuses EPA of squirreling away $20 billion in ‘gold bars.’ Here’s what’s really going on.

Contrails from a jet flying over the blue skies of downtown Boston on December 15, 2023.

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State lawmakers are looking to ban non-existent ‘chemtrails.’ It could have real-life side effects.

Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force search a flood damaged area with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4 in Asheville, North Carolina.

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As Trump works to cut FEMA, data shows there was a major disaster declaration every four days in 2024

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This Florida town was built to withstand high winds. See how it worked 1:49

A Native American man leads a protest march with veterans and activists outside the Oceti Sakowin camp where "water protectors" continue to demonstrate against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., December 5, 2016. Picture taken December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Yang

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Jury finds Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million in relation to pipeline protest

Weather

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PADUCAH, KENTUCKY - APRIL 3: Parishioners and community members look over damage after a tornado struck the Christ Community Church on April 3, 2025 in Paducah, Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued a state of emergency ahead of the storms that are expected to cause flash flooding and tornadoes across Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

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Extreme rainfall brings potentially deadly flooding to parts of central US already slammed by storms

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Helpers were flung into harm’s way as tornadoes descended

Solutions

Climeworks' Mammoth plant, unveiling.

The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works

Long Island, N.Y.: An operational wind turbine, along with two under construction behind it, and a lifting barge, are seen in this photo taken at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean, on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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Offshore wind projects have been dogged by inflation and culture wars. Now they’re making a comeback

Rendering of the Equatic 3,650tpa CDR plant under construction in Singapore.

Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags

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New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it

SWEETWATER, TEXAS - OCTOBER 04: In an aerial view, discarded wind turbine blades are seen in a field next to the Sweetwater Cemetery on, October 04, 2023 in Sweetwater, Texas. General Electric filed a lawsuit against Global Fiberglass, claiming that the company has failed to recycle thousands of turbine blades discarded in a field on the west side of town. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Wind turbine parts may be giant technofossils that puzzle future scientists

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New design revealed for Airbus hydrogen plane

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Chinese EV titan BYD annual sales hit $100 billion eclipsing rival Tesla

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Trump invokes wartime powers to increase production of critical minerals

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Video First responders scramble to pull dog and owner from frozen lake 0:52

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Video These videos potentially show the start of two LA wildfires. CNN spoke to the witnesses 1:44

Video He evacuated from his Malibu home. Then, he saw a video of his house burning down 2:12

Features

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‘Save the Whales’ was a shining success. Now can humpbacks save us from ourselves?

A turtle swims in a shallow lagoon at Lady Elliot Island, off the Queensland Coast.

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet

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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation. Now they’re targeting another crisis

BOULDER, CO - MARCH 26: A firefighter watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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A plant that’s everywhere is fueling a growing risk of wildfire disaster

EXTREMES

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. visits an elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, to discuss USDA nutrition programs.

Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs

A child heads into Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies in Milwaukee on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. The Milwaukee Health Department has ordered the school to temporarily close starting Monday after finding “unsafe lead dust levels” within the building.

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A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired

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Carbon monoxide poisoning has been tied to several traveler deaths. Here’s how to stay safe on your trips

WATER

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The best vacuums for pet hair in 2025, tried and tested

Fake snow, made of cotton, is seen at a village in Chengdu, China.

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Snow joke: Chinese attraction apologizes for winter wonderland made of cotton and bedsheets

SANTA ANA, CA - APRIL 26: Pouring a glass of water from a kitchen faucet in Santa Ana on Friday, April 26, 2024. According to a study by the US Geological Survey, 45% of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health. In recent years, studies have found that humans exposed to some PFAS chemicals are more prone to everything from high cholesterol and hypertension to testicular cancer, breast cancer and, for girls, early-onset puberty. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

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Scientists discover concerning new source of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

COST OF LIVING

Donald Trump highlighted rising costs during his campaign to return to the White House.

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High grocery prices got droves of Americans to vote for Trump but they shouldn’t expect to pay less over the next four years

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance attend a debate hosted by CBS News in New York on Tuesday.

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Fact-checking the CBS News vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz

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Fact-checking night 1 of the Democratic National Convention