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While Trump Fiddles, More Americans Than Ever Are Worried About Climate Change

stockstudioX/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Americans’ concerns about climate change have surged to record levels, new polling shows, following a year marked by devastating storms, wildfires and increasingly dire warnings from scientists. A total…

Climate Change Is Even Worse for Our Health Than We Thought

This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change could take a greater toll on global health than previously estimated. That’s according to a new report published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article, along with an editorial published in the same issue, calls on health professionals to lead…

This Virtual Reality Video Will Show You Why Ice Storms Can Be So Deadly

This story was originally published by the Weather Channel. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the threat of Winter Storm Harper looms over the Midwest and Northeast, public officials from Kansas to Vermont have begun preparations for heavy snow and treacherous travel conditions. Meteorologist Jim Cantore, using the Weather Channel’s Immersive Mixed Reality technology,…