Though Manhattan experiences similar daytime temperatures to surrounding areas, it simply doesn't cool off nearly as much at night.

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The warming temperatures of the ocean are problematic for many species, but especially worrisome is the impact hotter water has on cornerstone species upon which many other marine animals rely.

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Still think last year's heavy snows in parts of the eastern United States were a sign that the world isn't warming?

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A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examining the effects on immigration of

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If you're sweating through a heatwave right now, take comfort knowing that you don't have massive peat-fires sending smoke across your town too, like in Moscow: The Russian capital experienced a record high of 99°F, on Monday (the hottest since records began in the late 1800s), with the heatwave setting off peat

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A new report from the National Resources Defense Council paints a really dry and thirsty picture in a world warmed by climate change: More than 1100 counties in the United States face higher risks of water shortages by 2050, with more than 400 of these placed at extremely high risk.

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Continuing the hottest-month-ever trend... NOAA has released their global temperature data for June 2010 confirming that the month was the warmest on record, judged by combined global and ocean surface temperature.

A CT scan showing slow coral growth of a coral species in the Red Sea.

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Global warming is wreaking havoc on plant and animal populations around the world: Polar bear habitats ar

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An new study led by scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean appear to be, at least in part, amplified by rising levels of greenhouse gases

"You're looking for the cafe? Yeah, turn left at the sunken car, and right at the seaweed grove. If you've hit fresh air, you've gone too far." We jest, but the issue of climate change refugees is indeed a worrying and immediate subject.