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Everywhere. the what next, as i said earlier -- i'm an optimist. the next 30 years of my life will be devoted to doing to an extent what i've been doing the last 20 years. that is, we have a foundation that does great things for oceans and rain forests and the climate change, anyway, a whole variety of things. that's what i'll mainly be devoting my time to. whether i'll do another adventure, i'm not sure it would be fair to put my family through another one. i think i've got the record for being pulled out of the sea five times by helicopters. i'll definitely give it a rest for the time being....

One morning in 2009, I sat on a creaky bus winding its way up a mountainside in central Costa Rica, light-headed from diesel fumes as I clutched my many suitcases. They contained thousands of test tubes and sample vials, a toothbrush, a waterproof notebook and two changes of clothes. I was on my way to La Selva Biological Station, where I was to spend several months studying the wet, lowland rainforest’s response to increasingly common droughts. On either side of the narrow highway, trees bled into the mist like watercolours into paper, giving the impression of an infinite primeval forest b...

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo. President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a two-day summit aimed at rallying the world’s worst polluters to do more to slow climate change. Biden’s first task when his virtual summit opens Thursday is to convince the world that the United States is both willing and able isn’t just willing to meet an ambitious new emissions-cutting pledge, but also able. Charlie Ried...

2:30 p.m. The mayors of a dozen major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York City and San Diego, are asking President Joe Biden to consult them as the administration studies how to identify and resettle people displaced by drought, rising seas and other effects of climate change. The request was made in a letter sent to Biden on Thursday, the same day his administration convened a summit of world leaders to discuss taking action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. No nation offers protection to people specifically displaced because of climate change. Biden issued an executive order Feb. 4...

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