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The American public isn't worried about global warming

Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming.Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they are just not that worried about it, according to a new poll by The Associated...

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It's about to become a lot more expensive to cut emissions in the US

The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, but the country’s fleet of nearly 100 reactors is showing its age.On November 2, the owner of a nuclear power station in New York...

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Obama will decide on the Keystone XL pipeline before he leaves office

President Barack Obama wants to make a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline by the end of his presidency, the White House said on Tuesday, calling a request by the project's Canadian...

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Bill Nye explains why monster storms like Hurricane Patricia are just the...

Last month, Hurricane Patricia shattered records as the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western hemisphere.Before that, in August, three category 4 hurricanes developed over the Pacific in rapid...

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Scientists warned the US president about global warming 50 years ago today

Fifty years ago today, as the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlighted, US president Lyndon Johnson’s science advisory committee sent him a report entitled Restoring the Quality...

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This new restaurant is making gourmet meals out of food waste

InStock, a restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is having its chefs create meals out of food waste. The products are collected from a variety of vendors who have a surplus of food or drinks that...

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The Persian Gulf could soon be too hot for humans — here’s where it’ll be worst

Today's most extreme summer days seen today could become the new norm in the Middle East by 2100, according to a recent study published in Nature Climate Change. Here's how hot it could get. Produced...

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The extreme weather events of 2014 that were influenced by climate change

First and foremost, let's get something out of the way: weather and climate are not the same thing.Climate is a long-standing pattern of temperature, precipitation and other atmospheric conditions in a...

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A futuristic 'garden' that lets you grow food in your home just raised...

Imagine if you could grow organic fruits and vegetables right inside your home, year-round?That's what a startup called Grove wants to help you do with its Ecosystem, which they describe as "an...

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A mysterious electric-car startup is building a $1 billion factory in California

LOS ANGELES — The luxury electric-car market may be small, but it is lucrative enough to get another jolt — this time from a mysterious startup that says it wants to reimagine how people interact with...

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Greenhouse gas levels have hit a record high for the 30th year in a row

Carbon dioxide levels in the planet’s atmosphere hit a record high in 2014 – the 30th year in a row that record has been broken – spurring scientists to proclaim the planet is now in "uncharted...

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How ocean pollution affects humans

Our oceans are polluted and full of plastic. Roughly 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and according to a new study, the majority of this waste comes from just...

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'UFO' clouds have descended on South Africa, but there's a good explanation

The strangely shaped clouds that appeared over South Africa over the weekend would seem to make the alien movie "District 9" seem all too real.Viewers took to Instagram to document the strange...

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CO2 levels hit a record high for the 30th year in a row

Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2014 as the relentless fuelling of climate change makes the planet more dangerous for future generations, the World Meteorological...

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This stunning furniture line brings the great outdoors inside

Christmas trees are nice, but they only last a few weeks out of the year.Green Furniture Concept, on the other hand — with its naturalistic design and modular, snakelike arrangement — lets people have...

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A giant man-made hole in Earth’s atmosphere is now larger than North America

The ozone hole is now larger than North America, nearing record-size set in 2006.Legislation and restrictions have reduced ozone-depleting chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere, and...

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Al Gore is heading to Europe to send a message to the rest of the world

On November 30, world leaders from more than 140 countries around the world will meet in Paris to negotiate an international agreement on climate change. Former Vice President Al Gore stopped by our...

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17 eerie photos that show just how polluted China's air has become

Although no one knows the exact amount of carbon that China emits each year, it's a well-known fact that the country has some of the most polluted air in the world. A recent study from UC Berkeley...

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New maps show how cities will be affected by rising sea levels

A new report from Climate Central has named the cities that are most at risk from rising sea levels, and compared the effects of temperature rises of 4 degrees and 2 degree Celsius.The following maps...

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This year's 'Witch of November' brought crazy weather that affected millions

Since Wednesday, a powerful cyclone with winds of hurricane-force has been making its way across the country hitting parts of the Plains, Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast.The...

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