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Climate vs Weather: What Is the Difference?
Weather is what happens today; climate is the long-term pattern. Learn why a cold snap does not disprove global warming and what climate normals are.
Wildlife & natureCoral Bleaching Explained: Why Reefs Turn White
Coral bleaching happens when heat stress breaks the partnership between corals and their algae. Learn how it works, when corals recover and when they die.
Wildlife & natureDeforestation and Climate Change: How Losing Forests Warms the Planet
Forests store vast amounts of carbon. Learn what drives deforestation, how it adds to climate change, its effects on wildlife and rain, and what helps.
Extreme weatherEl Niño and La Niña Explained: How the Pacific Shapes Global Weather
El Niño and La Niña are natural swings in Pacific Ocean temperatures that shift weather worldwide. How ENSO works, its effects, and how forecasts are made.
Extreme weatherHeat Waves and Health: What Makes Heat Dangerous and How to Stay Safe
Why extreme heat is so dangerous, how the heat index works, who is most at risk, the signs of heat illness, and practical ways to stay safe.
Climate basicsHow Do We Know the Climate Is Warming? The Evidence Explained
Thermometers, ocean heat, melting ice and rising seas: how independent datasets from NASA, NOAA, the Met Office and others show the world is warming.
Extreme weatherHurricanes and Climate Change: What the Science Says
How hurricanes form, and what scientists know and do not know about climate change and storm intensity, rainfall, storm surge and frequency.
OceansMicroplastics in the Ocean: Where They Come From and What We Know
Microplastics are plastic bits under 5 mm, found from beaches to the deep sea. Learn their sources, effects on sea life, and what is still uncertain.
OceansOcean Acidification Explained: What It Is and Why It Matters
The ocean absorbs a large share of our carbon dioxide, which changes seawater chemistry. Here is how ocean acidification works and what it means for sea life.
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