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Hurricane season that saw storms from California …

FILE - Firefighters use a skip loader to rescue people from an assisted living center after the street was flooded with mud following Tropical Storm Hilary, Aug. 21, 2023, in Cathedral City, Calif. A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first ever tropical storm warning for the coast of California and hurricane warnings as far north as Nova Scotia is coming to a close Thursday night, Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed …

This photo provided by RE:wild shows a rediscovered mole on the west coast of South Africa. Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a mole species that has an iridescent golden coat and “swims” through sand dunes after it hadn't been seen for more than 80 years and was thought to be extinct. (Nicky Souness/re:Wild via AP)

A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been …

This image provided by NASA shows an artist’s illustration of the Tess telescope. Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright nearby star in perfect rhythmic harmony. They say it's a rare, frozen-in-time cosmic wonder that can help explain how solar systems across the galaxy came to be. The compact in-sync system, announced Wednesday, is 100 light-years away. (NASA via AP)

Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming …

FILE - People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Sept. 15, 2023. Climate negotiators gather in Dubai for marathon United Nations talks that include a first-ever assessment of how well the world is doing in its battle against global warming. (AP Photo/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, File)

As Mexico marks conservation day, advocates say it takes …

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2008 photo, a snorkeler swims past an elkhorn coral on a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary near Key West, Fla. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, lists elkhorn coral as critically endangered, the last step before extinction. As of Nov. 2023, elkhorn coral has the lowest level of endangerment on Mexico’s list, despite scientists' requests to review its classification for at least five years. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Le, file)

‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign launches in Mexico to save …

An Axolotl swims in a tank at the Chapultepec Park Zoo in Mexico City, Jan. 29, 2023. Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous University relaunched a fundraising campaign Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, to bolster conservation efforts for the axolotls: an iconic, endangered, fish-like type of salamander. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface in just …

FILE - Tourists walk in front of the Tuco glacier in Huascaran National Park during a tour called the "Route of climate change" in Huaraz, Peru, Aug. 12, 2016. The South American country has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, Peruvian scientists from the state agency that studies glaciers said Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

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Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan …

FILE - The Conemaugh Generation Station emits steam in New Florence, Pa., Feb. 6, 2007. Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state court ruled Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, dealing another setback to the centerpiece of former Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to fight global warming. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP, File)

UN report says world is racing to well past warming …

AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Papua New Guinea volcano erupts and Japan says it’s …

3rd release of treated water from Japan’s damaged …

FILE - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, is seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023. The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator said Monday, Nov. 20, as the country's seafood producers continue to suffer from a Chinese import ban imposed after the discharges began. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

New hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep …

FILE - Cherry blossoms and buds cover the trees in the Kenwood neighborhood of Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “plant hardiness zone map” — a reference guide for growers selecting appropriate seeds — was updated on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, for the first time in a decade. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

SpaceX is preparing its mega rocket for a second …

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of SpaceX Starship launch site, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Boca Chica, Texas. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Texas approves new textbooks after friction over …

FILE -The sun sets behind a pair of pumpjacks Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 in the oilfields of Penwell, Texas. How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote expected Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 after some Republican education officials criticized books for being too negative toward fossil fuels in America's biggest oil and gas state. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)