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Mr. Kerry, 80, is expected to work on President Biden’s re-election campaign to stress the administration’s climate achievements.

The Elfstedentocht, the Dutch skating race through the 11 historic cities of Friesland, hasn’t been held in 26 years. But nobody can admit that it’s gone.

The state is courting high-tech investments, but a new industrial park may lack enough water. Opponents say piping it from miles away might dry out residential wells.

The phrase “wintry mix” fills me with despair. But even so, the lack of cold and ice in 2023 felt unsettling.

Jogging in a T-shirt in Minnesota in December? A scientist called the rare string of balmy days “a visceral feeling of what climate change looks and feels like.”

A proposed export terminal on the Louisiana coast highlights the tension between economic growth, geopolitics and the environment.

Scientists are already busy trying to understand whether 2023’s off-the-charts heat is a sign that global warming is accelerating.