A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

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In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.

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A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

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The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.

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In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.

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Staff members search for spending on “climate science,” “climate crisis” and “pollution” as one of the world’s premier climate research agencies girds for cuts.

After a flood destroyed their town, Kentucky residents faced the agonizing choice of whether to stay or to relocate to new communities built on former strip mines.

There are 206 coal-burning power plants left in the United States, which supply about 16 percent of the country’s energy. Experts say burning more doesn’t make financial sense.

A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged southward. Some scientists see the fingerprints of climate change.

Cooler, wet weather is forecast to bring moisture to the parched landscape and reduce the fire threat. But heavy rainfall could also trigger flash floods in burn scars.

While firefighters begin containing the Los Angeles wildfires, the land left behind is at a higher risk of floods and debris flows.

Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.

The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates.