Could making jokes about the climate crisis make people take it seriously? These scientists think so.

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A man douses flames with a bucket of water
A man douses flames with a bucket of water as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns through his property in Aguanga, California, on Monday.

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Marathons are terrible for the planet, presenting a climate dilemma for elite runners: to fly or not to fly?

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Runners at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 15.
Runners at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 15.

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Can hydrogen be green? The debate heats up as the White House pours $7 billion into hydrogen hubs

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Round white storage tanks at China's first first solar-powered green hydrogen pilot project in Xinjiang.
Storage tanks at China's first first solar-powered green hydrogen pilot project in Xinjiang.

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Phoenix plans to build gas plants to help power new data centers

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To keep up with demand, a Phoenix utility under a recently approved plan could add some two gigawatts of new natural-gas plants by 2035.

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3D-printed vegan salmon hits the European market

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A collage compares Revo Foods' 3D printed vegan salmon with a Wild Pacific king salmon fillet.
Top image: Revo Foods' 3D printed vegan salmon. Bottom image: A Wild Pacific king salmon fillet.

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Help wanted: More female electricians to help America hit its climate goals

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Only 2% of electricians are women and nearly 80% are white, federal data shows.

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Climate Week can make me feel cynical but there are signs that change might be underway

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Climate activists marched on Madison Avenue while protesting energy policy and the use of fossil fuels during New York's Climate Week.

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Las Vegas is asking companies that want to move or expand there to show how much water they plan to use

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An aerial view of historically low water levels in Lake Mead that is located along the border of Nevada and Arizona.
The water level in Lake Mead, which serves southern Nevada, has been historically low due to prolonged drought

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The last 3 months were the hottest on record. Was summer 2023 just the beginning?

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic cooled off during a break at the US Open tennis tournament.
This year's US Open has been a hot one. Serbia's Novak Djokovic cooled off during a break this week.

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The climate crisis is forcing the American Red Cross to expand its disaster-recovery work

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A woman stands besides a destroyed home in Florida
Jewell Baggett stands beside a Christmas decoration she recovered from the wreckage of her mother's home, as she searches for anything salvageable from the trailer home her grandfather had acquired in 1973 and built multiple additions on to over the decades, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday.

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