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Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction
Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It’s here, it’s real and it increasingly affects us all. But predicting climate change and its associated

Europe Faces Increased Heat Mortality in Coming Decades
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Climate Change Is Taking Our Chocolate Too
The_burtons/Getty Images The thing about climate change is it doesn’t care if you believe it exists or not. It’s going to happen regardless. We can

Costa Rica’s Jícaro Reef Dies: Climate Change and Tourism Take Their Toll
The Jícaro reef, located in Culebra Bay, Guanacaste, has died. According to records from the Center for Marine Science and Limnology Research (Cimar-UCR), which has

Global warming is fuelling wildfires and the US home insurance crisis
Destructive wildfires raging through Los Angeles have exposed the impact of climate change on the US homeowners’ insurance market, with homeowners facing the difficult choice

South Florida’s fleet of electric buses cost $126 million. Only a few are still running
Climate change is impacting so much around us: heat, flooding, health, wildlife, housing, and more. WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is