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Blizzard pummels Northeast as snowfall pushes toward 2 feet
Snowfall piled up rapidly Sunday night, as heavy snow bands pinwheeled around the strengthening storm, creating whiteout conditions
One path to a happier life: Thinking more about death
When we learn to talk about our mortality, our remaining years of life can become more meaningful
Groups sue over Trump effort to ‘erase’ history, science in national parks
The coalition behind the lawsuit argues the alterations, or potential changes, at various parks undermine their very purpose to educate and enlighten Americans
Why the slowing of the world’s fastest ocean current would mean big trouble
It’s part of the scenario in “The Day After Tomorrow,” but scientists split over how fast or calamitously it may occur. A team studying the Florida Current toils to bring clarity
Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate
The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change
I went into phone-free silence. Something disturbing happened.
Suddenly shutting off external signals and focusing inward can demand a startling amount of energy
Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk
The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter, while turning Iceland into “one giant glacier.”
Buy-it-for-life coffee makers can save money, reduce waste, brew better
That new $50 drip coffee maker on your counter? Destined for the landfill after a few years of dispensing mediocre coffee
See how climate change is accelerating
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data
‘Restless and cranky’: A balmy Western winter leaves many at a loss
As the eastern United States continues a drawn-out thaw after back-to-back winter storms, much of the American West is months into a balmy winter that has fueled worries