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Climate

'Nothing's left': Hurricane Ian leaves emotional toll behind

'Nothing's left': Hurricane Ian leaves emotional toll behind

Survivors of Hurricane Ian face a long emotional road to recover from one of the most damaging storms to hit the U.S. mainland. For those who lost everything to disaster, the anguish can be crushing to return home to find so much gone. 
by The Associated Press

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Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

Meet a carbon-sequestering superhero: peat moss. Efforts are underway to better understand the role that peat bogs in northern Minnesota play in mitigating climate change.
by Dan Kraker

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The climate change superstars few have heard about

The climate change superstars few have heard about

There are about 6 million acres of peatlands in Minnesota -- nearly 10% of our state. And it turns out, peat bogs have climate change fighting superpowers.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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The potent greenhouse gas we need to talk more about

Carbon dioxide gets most of the climate change headlines but methane has 82 times more warming potential than carbon dioxide over a 20-year timespan. And looking at the way we produce and consume food is critical to stabilizing earth’s climate because agriculture is the largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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How climate change intensifies extreme weather

How climate change intensifies extreme weather

How did climate change supercharge climate extremes in the summer of 2022? Climate scientist Kevin Trenberth joined Climate Cast to explain the extreme events we saw.
by Paul Huttner

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