Climate change
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Overheated classrooms reach a boiling pointThe Explainer Many schools have crumbling infrastructure that makes learning in the heat difficult
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Operation Blue Skies: how AI is cleaning up contrailsIn the Spotlight Landmark government-led trial hopes to slash the aviation sector’s impact on global warming
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Good and soon-to-be gone: Vegetables are rapidly disappearingUnder the radar Crop diversity is on the decline
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Shrinking rivers force tough decisions in the US and EuropeIn the Spotlight From the Colorado River to the Danube, drought and heat take a toll
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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World’s oceans hit highest temperature on recordSpeed Read The 70-degree Fahrenheit reading was an unprecedented temperature
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Antarctica’s melting ice is leaking mercuryUnder the radar Climate change is putting the pedal to the metal
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Political cartoons for August 23Cartoons Sunday’s political cartoons include hot summer, national debt, and more
By The Week US Published
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How is COP17 taking on the desertification fight?Today’s Big Question The meeting in Mongolia is working to combat overall climate change
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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‘A further irony is that we live in an analytical, financialized age’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Could we ever run out of water in the UK?Today’s Big Question Record temperatures and a lack of investment in infrastructure mean long-term water restrictions are becoming more likely
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Political cartoons for August 7Cartoons Friday's political cartoons include late-stage narcissism, wildfire s'mores, and U.S. debt
By The Week US Published
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Why are Republicans undoing worker heat protections?Talking Points Summer heat causes hundreds of workplace deaths each year
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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The crisis of Europe’s disappearing riversIn the Spotlight Energy, shipping, and tourism hit by record low water levels across continent
By The Week UK Published
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How ‘fire clouds’ are making wildfires deadlierThe Explainer Increasingly common in North America and Australia, pyrocumulonimbus are causing havoc in parts of Europe for the first time
By The Week UK Published
The Explainer
