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Climb aboard the Nuclear Ship Savannah in Baltimore : NPR

Deep inside the Port of Baltimore, past stacks of shipping containers and a plant that makes wallboard, sits the world's first, and only, nuclear-powered cruise ship – the NS Savannah.

The Savannah is the only nuclear-powered merchant ship the U.S. ever built, and the only nuclear vessel in the world designed with passengers in mind. As NPR's chief correspondent for all things atomic, I've wanted to see her for years.

Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, WMO Says – The New York Times

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Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, WMO Says – The New York Times

Global temperatures are likely to soar to record highs over the next five years, driven by human-caused warming and a climate pattern known as El Ni?o, forecasters at the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday.

The record for Earth’s hottest year was set in 2016. There is a 98 percent chance that at least one of the next five years will exceed that, the forecasters said, while the average from 2023 to ’27 will almost certainly be the warmest for a five-year period ever recorded.

“This will have far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment,” said Petteri Taalas, the secretary general of the meteorological organization. “We need to be prepared.”