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Fixing the planet could cost younger generations $530 trillion if nothing is...
By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive today a bill of up to US$535 trillion. This would be the cost of the "negative emissions"...
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Scientists say the Delaware-size iceberg that broke off Antarctica could have...
Iceberg A-68, which recently calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf, is the third-largest iceberg on record.Some scientists have described the iceberg's calving as a "natural" event that can't yet...
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Wildfires are forcing thousands of Californians to evacuate
MARIPOSA, Calif. (Reuters) - A 25,000-acre wildfire in central California, one of three dozen major blazes burning across the U.S. West, threatened hundreds of homes and businesses on Wednesday after...
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This mud volcano has been erupting for more than a decade — and scientists...
The world’s most destructive mud volcano was born near the town of Sidoarjo, on the island of Java, Indonesia, just over 11 years ago – and to this day it has not stopped erupting. The mud volcano...
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California lawmakers passed a landmark climate change bill — and...
California passed a bill Monday extending its successful "cap-and-trade" program to limit greenhouse gases.Environmental groups are divided over the bill that Governor Jerry Brown touts as a climate...
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A last-resort ‘planet-hacking’ plan could make Earth habitable for longer —...
One way to prevent the Earth's temperature from rising into a city-drowning, hurricane-strengthening, heat-stroke–triggering danger zone is to immediately switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy...
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Trump's new communications director once compared the consensus on climate...
In a December 2016 interview on CNN, Anthony Scaramucci — the new White House communications director — compared the consensus on climate change to the belief that the world was flat, Slate reported at...
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Baby Boomers could irreversibly ruin the planet for Millennials — and the...
Twenty-nine years ago, James Hansen, the director of NASA's Institute for Space Studies, told the US Senate that the question of the day — whether climate change was happening — was no longer in...
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Why cleaning up toxic sites isn’t always good for the community
San Francisco has embarked on a project to transform its industrial southeast waterfront into a bike-friendly destination called the Blue Greenway. When completed, the Blue Greenway will be a 13-mile...
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A billionaire is building a huge wind farm in Wyoming, and lawmakers want to...
There’s the Wyoming you see on postcards — the snow-dusted mountains and caramel-colored prairies where movie stars build their second homes. But there’s another Wyoming — the one that powers America’s...
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Over a cold beer in Vienna, I decided to stop flying so much — here's why
Over a cold beer at a conference in Vienna, I decided to stop flying so much.I was talking to Charlie, a friend with wild hair and even wilder ideas.He was describing his adventurous 15-hour train trip...
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Britain will ban all new petrol and diesel cars from 2040
New petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the UK from 2040 as part of a government effort to reduce pollution.Environment Secretary Michael Gove confirmed on Wednesday morning that vehicles powered...
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Dramatic photos show how huge wildfires are ravaging France, forcing 10,000...
Southern areas of France have been ravaged by wildfire over the past few days, as several enormous areas of countryside caught fire at once.Tens of thousands of acres caught fire during the course of...
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An expedition has launched to investigate a sunken lost continent near Australia
An expedition has been launched to help solve the mysteries of Zealandia, an underwater continent to the east of Australia.The drill ship JOIDES Resolution is visiting Townsville today before a...
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5 easy green office hacks that could make your company more productive
It may sound crazy to give your employees control of their own thermostats, but it may just make them more productive.Business Insider spoke with Emma Stewart, chief business development officer at...
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A surprise tropical storm has made landfall in Florida
Tropical Storm Emily has made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast. The storm first hit land on Anna Maria Island near Tampa, according to the National Hurricane Center.It's dumping rain across the...
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There's a 95% chance the world will warm beyond a crucial tipping point —...
There's only a 5% chance that the world won't warm more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, according to a new study.Two degrees is what's usually considered the threshold at which warming becomes...
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Archaeologists uncover 'little Pompeii' in southeast France
Sainte-Colombe (France) (AFP) - A "little Pompeii" is how French archaeologists are describing an entire ancient Roman neighborhood uncovered on the outskirts of the southeastern city of Vienne,...
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Exploring agricultural drones: The future of farming is precision...
What Are Agricultural or Farming Drones?Agricultural drone technology has been improving in the last few years, and the benefits of drones in agriculture are becoming more apparent to farmers. Drone...
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We've already exhausted the amount of resources that Earth can produce in...
The earliest-ever Earth Overshoot Day on August 2, 2017 means that humans are pushing the planet to its ecological limit at an accelerated pace.Previously known as Ecological Debt Day, it’s when the...
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