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Featured climate stories

As California's climate heats up, Valley fever spikes — especially on Central Coast

The Mercury News, January 2023

Fungus that causes the disease spreads easily in hot, arid conditions

Climate damage from Bitcoin mining grew more than 125 times worse in just five years

Mongabay, December 2022

The negative climate impacts of mining the cryptocurrency Bitcoin have grown rapidly over time, with carbon emissions per coin multiplying 126 times from 2016 to 2021.

For Australia’s marine life, “safe zones” from climate change may disappear within 15 years

AGU Newsroom, November 2025

Even the nation’s most protected marine areas will likely face the same climate shocks as unprotected zones, a new study finds

Parched soils can spark hot
drought a nation away

AGU Newsroom, October 2025

Compound drought-heatwave events are rippling farther and lasting through the night, raising risks for Southwestern North America

Rising seas are swallowing the vast majority of US coastal wetlands

AGU Newsroom, August 2026

The first national-level assessment of coastal wetland submergence shows most of them may still be able to migrate inland, highlighting need for strategic coastal management

Other climate stories

Century Park in Shanghai, China, seen from above, surrounded by a variety of urban environments.

Climate change may prop up urban plant growth amid development — if cities build slowly enough

AGU Newsroom
July 2026

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