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Before-and-after photos of China's air show just how terrible its air...
China's air is notoriously polluted, full of gray smog that covers the sky. The health problems associated with that pollution are the reason for 1.6 million deaths a year, or about 4,000 people a...
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Elon Musk says humanity is currently running 'the dumbest experiment in history'
People are running "the dumbest experiment in history" by continuing to burn fossil fuels, Elon Musk said in an interview earlier this year with Wait But Why's Tim Urban.As Musk explained:"The greater...
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After testing a major reservoir that supplies drinking water to Beijing, the World Health Organization has discovered that the water had lead levels 20 times the maximum limit. This comes two years...
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The countries most likely to survive climate change in one infographic
Climate change is real, and it's coming.A new report from the British medical journal The Lancet finds that the effects of climate change will be more severe than we thought: Compared with 1990s...
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What you need to know about the Paris climate talks
The climate talks in Paris this week and next are a big deal.The tide on climate discussions seems to be turning, and these talks could actually result in a binding agreement across the world to cut...
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These hybrid animals will be created because of climate change
In 2006, a white bear with brown splotches, believed to be a hybrid of a polar bear and a grizzly, was shot by Arctic hunters. Then in 2009, a possible hybrid of a right whale and a bowhead was...
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Here are the best ways to follow the Paris climate talks
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also called COP21, kicked off in Paris November 30, and they don't end until December 11.Over the next couple weeks we'll see history unfold, since the...
View ArticleThis is proof that China's pollution is getting out of hand
China is having some serious problems with smog, according to the ongoing United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris.Across the country, cities are drowning in a smog that has lasted multiple...
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150 world leaders just sat down to discuss the biggest global health...
By midcentury, an emerging public health problem will change how we eat and travel and even determine where we live.World leaders are discussing it for the 20th time beginning today in Paris.It's...
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US House Majority Leader: 'No taxpayer money should be committed to climate...
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says the House will not go along if President Barack Obama tries to commit taxpayer money to support a climate accord reached in Paris.He says Congress has the...
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11 photos that show just how bad China's recent high pollution days have been
As the Paris climate talks get underway, one of the cities with the most notorious air pollution problems is experiencing its worst smog of the year. China's air quality is so bad, scientists estimate...
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There's an unexpected and worrisome outcome of the California drought
A new State of the Air report from the American Lung Association found that years of drought have deteriorated California's air quality.Using data gathered between 2011 and 2013, the report evaluated...
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The fate of these adorable animals will all be decided in the next few...
Along with a changing environment inevitably comes a changing set of animals.For some, climate change is forcing them to adapt and find new habitats to live in. But for others, their changing...
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The Earth has lost a third of its farmable land — and it could have...
The world has lost a third of its arable land due to erosion or pollution in the past 40 years, with potentially disastrous consequences as global demand for food soars, scientists have warned.New...
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14 photos of glaciers that reveal Patagonia's disappearing beauty
World leaders are meeting in Paris to hammer out a comprehensive climate deal.The stakes couldn't be higher: Nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2000, according to NASA. This...
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Jaw-dropping photos of Brazil's worst environmental disaster that unleashed...
Last month, a dam burst at an iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil, unleashing 50 million tons of highly toxic mud and mining waste, covering an area the size of 25,000 Olympic pools. Brazil is calling...
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China's air pollution hit dangerously high levels this week
As the Paris climate talks get underway, one of the cities with the most notorious air pollution problems is experiencing its worst smog of the year. China's air quality is so bad, scientists estimate...
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Beijing just issued its first-ever red alert for dangerous smog levels
Beijing has just issued its first-ever red alert for heavy smog — the highest-level emergency response the city can issue to signal a threat to public health.Around 6:30pm local time on Monday, the...
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The Paris climate talks are in their final week — here's how to follow them...
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also called COP21, kicked off in Paris November 30, and they don't end until December 11.Over the next couple weeks we'll see history unfold, since the...
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Business Insider is hiring a paid intern who loves to write about science
Business Insider Science is looking for a paid editorial intern to join us this Winter!Interns at Business Insider aren't sent on coffee runs or forced to spend their days filing or making...
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