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Climate change weaves through our daily lives -- from global politics and business to sea levels and weather to the clothes we wear and the food we eat.

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Call To Earth

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The crisis and its solutions

Signs of climate change

Taking action

Climate change, explained

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND - JULY 20: An iceberg floats through the water on July 20, 2013 in Ilulissat, Greenland. As Greenlanders adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives, researchers from the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications for the rest of the world. In recent years, sea level rise in places such as Miami Beach has led to increased street flooding and prompted leaders such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to propose a $19.5 billion plan to boost the citys capacity to withstand future extreme weather events by, among other things, devising mechanisms to withstand flooding. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The science behind the climate crisis

ULSAN, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 16: The power plant of SK Corporation oil refiner on March 16, 2006 in Ulsan, South Korea. The SK Corporation is Asia's leading energy and petrochemical company and South Korea's leading refiner, the fourth largest refiner in Asia and is also the World's second largest single complex oil refinery. Founded in 1962 as South Korea's first oil refiner. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Don't believe these climate change lies

SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE, ARGENTINA - NOVEMBER 27: Ice calves at the Perito Moreno glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the third largest ice field in the world, on November 27, 2015 in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The majority of the almost 50 large glaciers in Los Glacieres National Park have been retreating during the past fifty years due to warming temperatures, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that over 68 percent of the world's freshwater supplies are locked in ice caps and glaciers. The United Nations climate change conference begins November 30 in Paris. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Undeniable climate change facts (2018)

Most Americans -- in nearly every county across the United States-- understand the world is warming, according to Yale University research released in February 2017.

The geographic guide to American climate confusion

Melting polar ice caps - Polar bear mother with two cubs on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean between Franz Josef Land and the North Pole.

Effects of global warming around the world

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Weather

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