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Zimbabwe is selling off its wildlife to save animals from a devastating drought
HARARE - Zimbabwe put its wild animals up for sale on Tuesday, saying it needed buyers to step in and save the beasts from a devastating drought.Members of the public "with the capacity to acquire and...
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Tiny creatures in Antarctica’s subglacial lakes may hold clues to...
Hidden under Antarctic ice that's sometimes miles thick and millions of years old are vast lakes teeming with creatures that scientists have yet to identify.Now the discovery of a new so-called...
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A huge wildfire is disrupting oil production in Canada — and now crude is...
Oil is on a massive charge on Thursday, surging after a huge wildfire disrupted production in Canada and after news that production in the US fell to its lowest levels in 18 months.Just after 1:30 p.m....
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The massive wildfire raging in Canada has grown 8 times since Wednesday
A massive wildfire has been raging in Fort McMurray, Alberta — the center of the Canadian oil industry — forcing the entire town of over 88,000 people to evacuate.And it's still burning out of...
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Paris banned cars from one of its most famous streets to curb air pollution
It's not every day that an eight-lane road becomes a pedestrian pathway, but in Paris it's now a monthly event. In February, Paris officials voted to turn the Champs-Élysées into an open space for...
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India has plans to spend $6 billion on reforesting the country
The Indian government is planning on spending an impressive $6.2 billion on reforesting parts of the country.The scheme, which has unilateral support and has already been passed by members of India’s...
View ArticleA woman in Brooklyn can fit four years worth of her trash into a single mason...
25-year-old Lauren Singer decided to go plastic free and embrace the zero-waste lifestyle a few years ago. Now, she can fit four years worth of trash into a single mason jar.She blogs about her...
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5 islands have disappeared in the Pacific
Sea-level rise, erosion, and coastal flooding are some of the greatest challenges facing humanity from climate change.Recently at least five reef islands in the remote Solomon Islands have been lost...
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Starbucks prices will likely go up due to a devastating reality
If temperatures warm at expected rates, 80% of land in parts of Brazil and Central America currently used to grow the most popular type of coffee, Arabica, will become unsuitable to the crop by 2050,...
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The largest gathering of snakes in the world woke up from a nap — and the...
Each year at the break of spring, red-sided garter snakes in Narcisse, Canada engage in an unusual ritual.Thousands of them begin emerging from their underground dens during the last week of April and...
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A stunning glacier in Iceland shows exactly how much the climate has changed
Jökulsárlón Lagoon in Iceland is one of the most visually arresting spots on earth. The lagoon sits at the base of Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier. Close to the sea but slightly below sea level, it is...
View ArticleAn Israeli startup invented a compost bin that converts kitchen waste to...
HomeBiogas is not your average compost bin. It decomposes kitchen waste and turns it into gas for your stove. Each liter of waste creates 200 liters of gas. That's enough for an hour of cooking.It is...
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One fifth of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction
The world's first international study of plants estimates that there are 391,000 known unique species of vascular plants– ie. those with conductive tissue that transport water and synthesise foods –...
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Here's the strange reason this year's El Niño was so intense
The El Niño of 2015-2016 was one of the strongest on record.And now researchers have an idea about how it got so powerful.In an April report, two researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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Here's how nearly 10,000 miles of US shoreline would change when all the ice...
Over 5 million cubic miles of ice covers the earth's surface. As global temperatures rise, this ice continues to melt, and at an ever increasing pace. With that, sea levels continue to rise faster than...
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95% of Germany’s energy was provided by renewables last Sunday
We're hearing plenty of encouraging stories about the growth of renewable energy and a reduction on our reliance on fossil fuels, but it's sometimes difficult to see the bigger picture.So how's this...
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just sold off its entire stake in a...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — a global health philanthropy — sold off its entire $186 million stake in BP, according to recent filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained by...
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Eels are invading the waters of Staten Island — and it’s great news
Thousands of baby glass eels have started their swim for Bermuda from the waters of Staten Island — and were counted by students for the fifth year in a row.Students and Cub Scouts are taking part in...
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A cutting-edge way of killing off mosquitoes might save Hawaii’s birds
Ecologist Eben Paxton, speaking on a cell phone from somewhere in one of Hawaii’s forests, wanted to talk about the scary events happening on the island of Kauai.The “bird crash,” he calls it.Hawaii’s...
View ArticleToxic air is choking these top cities around the world
Air pollution can lead to a cornucopia of life-threatening diseases, and new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 80% of cities aren't meeting guidelines. These are some of the top...
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