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One chart shows the incredible potential of renewable energy in the US
The United States uses about 3.7 million gigawatt-hours of electricity each year. That’s an unfathomably huge number. But the next time someone tries to make the argument that 100% renewable energy is...
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Rooftop solar panels could power nearly 40% of the US
Let's all take a moment to appreciate the roofs over our heads.They're great at keeping snow, rain, and harsh sun from getting to us, day after day.Sure, sometimes they have their issues, but whether...
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A nightmarish new climate model predicts a gloomy future for cities from Hong...
The West Antarctic Ice sheet is melting. And it's happening a lot faster than researchers originally thought it would, according to a new study. The ice sheet in question is larger than Mexico, and...
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The most effective thing you can do to save the planet is shockingly simple
In case you haven't noticed, our planet is under duress.Drought conditions and dwindling access to fresh water are rippling across the US and the world. Climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions are at...
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There's a way for the world's fish population to double by 2050 — and it...
Fish populations around the world have been decimated by overfishing — but new research suggests that this could soon change if the world got its act together.Fishermen around the world could haul...
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The internet's going crazy over this video of gigantic whales swimming up to...
A video of huge gray whales that got incredibly close to a tourist boat in a Mexican lagoon is shaking up the internet after it was shared on YouTube by the British wildlife photographer Steve...
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We're already making progress in averting a climate disaster
Though we have a long way to go, the world is already making progress against climate change.Renewables like wind and solar now make up 10% of the energy used around the world.This is according to a...
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An ancient American civilization may have been wiped out by climate change
The early Pueblo civilisation colonised the Four Corners of the US for thousands of years until being abandoned for reasons unknown from the 13th century. Scientists have now discovered four major...
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Climate change is turning these unexpected regions into the next wine hotspots
The global winemaking map could soon change forever.Rising temperatures are threatening some of France's most esteemed wine-growing regions, researchers from NASA and Harvard discovered in a study...
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Humans changed a life-giving nutrient into a deadly pollutant
Coastal dead zones, global warming, excess algae blooms, acid rain, ocean acidification, smog, impaired drinking water quality, an expanding ozone hole and biodiversity loss. Seemingly diverse...
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These 10 cities with the world's worst air pollution have air that's up to 15...
Last week, the World Health Organization reported that an estimated 8.2 million deaths a year are linked to air pollution. And that number is on the rise.The most harmful pollutant to human health is...
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An early look at Elon Musk's Gigafactory, a building that could change the...
Everyone's excited about Tesla's new Model 3 car, but mass-producing that electric vehicle is going to require a ton of batteries.That's where Tesla's Gigafactory comes into play.For those unfamiliar,...
View ArticleNASA: Here’s what the size of a raindrop can tell you about how bad a storm...
For the first time, NASA scientists have the technology to measure the actual size of rain drops. And the data is giving them an unprecedented look into how extreme storms develop. Video Courtesy of...
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A photographer captured amazing video of gigantic whales swimming up to a...
Wildlife photographer Steve Trewhella was on a tourist boat in the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, California when he spotted a couple of female gray whales in the water near their boat.The whales — which...
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4 surprising ways warmer temperatures will change our food
It's no surprise that changing climates will have an impact on our overall health.But one of the more shocking effects of a warmer planet, as outlined in a massive new report from the US Global Change...
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All of our food is ‘genetically modified’ in some way — here are the...
In the past week you’ve probably eaten crops that wouldn’t exist in nature, or that have evolved extra genes to reach freakish sizes.You’ve probably eaten “cloned” food and you may have even eaten...
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Scotland now generates more than half of its electricity from renewable sources
Scotland has met one of its key targets for renewable energy consumption.As reported by The Herald, 57.7% of Scottish electricity consumption was derived from renewable energy sources last year, ahead...
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One type of energy is killing fossil fuels
Clean energy is killing fossil fuels. Investment in renewable energy technology — solar and wind power — is now seeing twice as much global funding as fossil fuels, according to Bloomberg.The reason:...
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Supermarkets in Denmark sell something totally unexpected, and it could be...
Supermarkets regularly toss unsold bread and produce at the end of each day, but there's another, less obvious, waste product: heat.Not so in Denmark, where 20 supermarkets around the country have...
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Traditional burials are ruining the planet — here’s what we should do instead
Half a billion people are going to die in the next decade — and we can't keep cramming their caskets into the Earth.Every year, tens of millions of the 7.4 billion people on Earth will die.Some will be...
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