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Henry Fountain
Non-award-winning writer @ NY Times. The Great Quake, on the '64 Alaska earthquake -- a best book of '17 -- now in paperback.
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Zeta Turns Into Hurricane and Threatens to Dump Torrential Rains
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
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Zeta could dump up to a foot of rain on some parts of the Yucatán by Tuesday before its projected landfall in the Gulf States.
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White House Releases New Plan for Seismic Tests in Arctic Refuge
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
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5 tweets
The survey would bring heavy trucks looking for signs of oil reserves into one of the most remote and pristine parts of the United States.
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Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
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The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.
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Nearly Half of the U.S. Is in Drought. It May Get Worse.
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
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8 tweets
The most widespread drought in the continental United States since 2013 covers more than 45 percent of the Lower 48 states, federal scientists said.
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Arctic Science Mission Wraps Up as Research Ship Docks in Germany
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
101d
4 tweets
The Polarstern docked at its home port of Bremerhaven nearly 13 months after it left Norway to study the rapidly changing Arctic.
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What’s Green, Soggy and Fights Climate Change?
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
104d
10 tweets
You might be surprised: Protecting peat bogs could help the world avert the worst effects of global warming, a new study has found.
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Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
114d
44 tweets
A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable.
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Ocean Heat Waves Are Directly Linked to Climate Change
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
118d
15 tweets
The “blob” of hotter ocean water that killed sea lions and other marine life in 2014 and 2015 may become permanent.
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Chief Executive of Embattled Alaskan Mine Project Resigns
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
119d
4 tweets
The executive made “offensive” remarks about the state’s political leaders, the company said, in meetings recorded by an environmental group.
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches a Low, Just Missing Record
Henry Fountain
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Nytimes.com
121d
5 tweets
Only 2012 had less sea ice coverage, scientists say, as climate change takes its toll in the region.