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One graphic shows exactly who is responsible for climate change
Nations around the world are trying to come up with plans to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions before the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris this December, with a goal of trying to prevent...
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The world's largest electronic-waste dump looks like a post-apocalyptic...
The Chinese city of Guiyu, in Guangdong province, is famous for one reason: It is the world's largest dumping ground for electronic waste.The city, with a population of 150,000, receives some 15,000...
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Science explains why lobster is so expensive
Going out to a restaurant for a Maine lobster dinner puts a dent in anyone's wallet.Even when the price per pound of lobster goes down at the docks, the prices we pay in restaurants stay high.The...
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There's a real risk that many of our advancements to human health could be lost
Traditionally, we've thought of health as living longer — fighting diseases that cut our lives short and reducing infant mortality rates.Focusing on these things has helped humanity accomplish...
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This park morphs into a spectacular underwater playground at the same time...
What looks like a lake and feels like a lake isn't necessarily always a lake. Well, at least it's not always that deep.Welcome to Green Lake, Austria — a hiker-and-scuba-diver's dream.This body of...
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You are 60% more likely to be displaced by disasters today than you were in...
GENEVA (Reuters) — Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased...
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A Dutch city has come up with a genius plan that could eventually eliminate...
Does the sight of discarded plastic swirling in the Pacific ocean — the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch— haunt you every time you throw away a soda bottle?Dutch construction company VolkerWessels...
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These incredible award-winning pictures were taken by drones
In a feat of photographic excellence, amateur and professional drone nerds have proven a point they've been trying to make for years: drones can shoot.Photographs, that is; and stunning ones at...
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5 amazing environmental scientists who are working to remedy climate change
Climate and environmental scientists are vital to the future of our civilization. After all, they dedicate themselves to studying the planet we call home to solve climate problems despite the criticism...
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These flesh-eating dinosaurs had razor-sharp teeth that could crunch through...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you want to know the secret behind the success of Tyrannosaurus rex and its meat-eating dinosaur cousins, look no further than their teeth.Scientists on Tuesday unveiled a...
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These maps are the first to reveal what the world thinks of climate change,...
Four in 10 adults throughout the world have never heard of climate change, according to a new Yale-led study in "Nature."Using data from the 2007-2008 Gallup World Poll, the researchers looked at what...
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People are trying to turn one of the world's biggest cities into a national...
London residents share space with 13,000 wildlife species, 3,000 parks, and 8.3 million trees.The city was officially declared an urban forest in 2002. Now London could become a national park — sort...
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Richard Branson once offered $25 million for a brilliant plan to geoengineer...
Grand solutions to the world's ever-sharpening threat of climate change are usually met with a mix of skepticism and fear.Geoengineering — the practice of intervening with Earth's natural systems to...
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Devastating white rhino death leaves just 4 left in the entire world
For years now, “Extinction Countdown” readers have followed the slow slide toward extinction of the northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). In 2014 we lost two members of the species,...
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Brazil is racing to clean up the alarmingly polluted bay that will host...
The 2016 Summer Olympics kick off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a little over a year, marking the first time the games will be hosted by a South American nation.Reports regarding the country's...
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The 'global failure' that led to the slaughter of a famous African lion says...
The Internet is blowing up over the death of a 13-year-old lion named Cecil, who lived in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe and was considered a local favorite.The viral outrage began on Tuesday when...
View ArticleThis massive wall of fans will suck carbon dioxide straight out of the air
Traditional carbon capture methods collect CO2 from smoke stacks, but the company Carbon Engineering has discovered how to capture CO2 already in the atmosphere. Using this method engineers could...
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Google is going to be able to tell you which roads are the most polluted...
Google Earth has given us tours of deserts, shipwrecks, fictional lands like Middle Earth, and even revealed to us lies about gunned down passenger planes. In its latest move, Google joined forces with...
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This heartbreaking map shows where the most endangered animals in the world are
Close to half of all living species on the Earth could disappear by the end of this century, and several recent studies suggest humans will be the cause.Keeping that in mind, the folks at Signature...
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There's a giant, underground ocean hidden in the middle of this Chinese desert
When we think about the deserts of the world, water abundance is one of the last things that come to mind. But that might change for the Taklamakan Desert in northwest China.While studying the amount...
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