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Climate Change
The Arctic might be a methane time bomb—or not
![air-based heat pump](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/03/S25JQWO5E5EEBLPL6UNCTRUCJM.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
How heat pumps can help fight global warming
![snow squall over Crested Butte, Colorado.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/24/RTXEAQ7OARCZXMNSJSBBUPB3MI.jpg?w=675)
Environment
What’s a snow squall?
![Natalie Andrewson illustration](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/10/MQVLWS25OREJPGGGZFIUVAPLQY.jpg?w=800)
Environment
Even plants pick up on good vibes
![aquatic life illustration](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/10/RWHLEZCLU5BNXHVU23KSAEHBPA.jpg?w=800)
Conservation
Is it loud in the ocean?
![small monkey sitting on a branch looking up and to the right](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/12/RWZOLGKNLFE53H35ZA2DB5FR5Q.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
Climate change may not claim as many species as we thought
![thin ice on water](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/11/ARGINITLTJBTHKXOUMPJPOIUDY.jpg?w=676)
Environment
What’s a frost quake?
![Sunrise and ice floe in Antarctica](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/07/3UPUYD3YA5H7LAEYBHEEVZDBRU.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change