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Melt ponds dot a stretch of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, north of Greenland. This year was the Arctic's second-warmest in at least 1,500 years, after 2016.

Arctic's Temperature Continues To Run Hot, Latest 'Report Card' Shows

The extreme warming trend continues, and scientists fear that floating sea ice will be gone by midcentury. That will have extraordinary effects closer to home.

The Danish company Maersk has been shipping goods around the world since the age of steamships. Now it wants to usher in a new era, with carbon neutral transport.

Giant Shipper Bets Big On Ending Its Carbon Emissions. Will It Pay Off?

Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, has set a massive goal for itself: going carbon neutral by 2050. This would be good for the world. But how would it be good for the bottom line?

A tiddlywinks game mid-play, with winks spread out around the pot. Though players eventually want to "pot" their "winks," players also strategize how to block their opponents by landing their piece on top of another's piece.

Not Just Child's Play: World Tiddlywinks Champions Reclaim Their Glory

David Lockwood and Larry Kahn, "the Ali-Frazier" of Tiddlywinks, once again won the World Pairs title. To the professional winkers, the game is far more than shooting discs, or "winks," into a cup.

Gary Turner uses his turf harvester to peel 2-by-5-foot strips of grass at his Washington City farm in this undated photo.

Utah Presses Forward With Pipeline Plans Despite Colorado River Basin Constraints

The drive behind a massive water development project in southwestern Utah, the Lake Powell Pipeline, shows no signs of slowing even after the Colorado River Basin states signed a new agreement this spring that could potentially force more conservation or cutbacks.

Demonstrators ransacked this Ebola transit center in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the struggle to control the disease — and the protests it has sparked — will be part of the global health landscape in 2019.

What's Coming In 2019? Global Thinkers Make Big, Bold Predictions

What will the next year bring? We asked experts for their forecasts on humanitarian aid, the refugee crisis, global health and other topics.

A dried-out lawn is seen in the city of Glendora, east of Los Angeles, this week. About 58 percent of California is now under the most extreme drought conditions, a new report says.

Most Of California Reported To Be In 'Extreme Drought'

About 58 percent of California is currently in the worst of the four drought levels used by experts, in conditions normally seen only once every 50-100 years.

Benji and Lori White check on a small herd of Red Angus at their ranch, B&L Red Angus, near Putnam, Okla.

The Arid West Moves East, With Big Implications For Agriculture

An imaginary map line dividing East and West illustrates a climate boundary that has influenced how and where people live and work. Its eastward shift could predict changes in farming and ranching.

Tigers (Panthera tigris) are the biggest of all the cats - from the giant Siberian tigers that roam the frozen boreal forest of Russia, to the secretive swamp tigers of the Indian Sundarbans that bathe in seawater and patrol muddy shores. In the early 20th century, 100,000 tigers reigned across Asia and Europe, but today there are fewer than 4,000 in the wild.

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California's Drought Stings Bees, Honey Supplies

The historic drought is reducing supplies of California honey, raising prices for consumers and making it harder for beekeepers to earn a living.

Flames burn inside a van as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

National Guard To Help Protect California Towns From Fires

California is calling in the National Guard for the first time next month to help protect communities from devastating fires like the one that largely destroyed the city of Paradise last fall.

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