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David Kestenbaum is a correspondent for NPR, covering science, energy issues and, most recently, the global economy for NPR's multimedia project Planet Money. David has been a science correspondent for NPR since 1999. He came to journalism the usual way — by getting a Ph.D. in physics first.

Domenico Montanaro is a senior political editor/correspondent for the Washington Desk

Polls show most traditional farmers don't believe they contribute to climate change. Two farmers in Illinois started a soil protection program that has myriad climate benefits.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford University about the wild weather in California this year.

From detecting fires to looking for lithium, many companies that are working on climate solutions are embracing artificial intelligence as a tool.

World climate negotiations wrapped up over the weekend in Brazil with an agreement that increases money for countries to adapt to climate change but doesn't address phasing out fossil fuels.

The COP28 climate negotiations in Dubai wrapped up early today with an agreement that calls on nations to transition away from fossil fuels. But some counties say this still doesn't go far enough.

Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.

New York, North Carolina, New Mexico and Texas have all suffered serious flooding this month. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.

The Trump administration aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which limits emissions from power plants, lift the moratorium on federal coal leases and change the "social cost of carbon" policy.