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9 pictures of the chaos caused by the enormous earthquake in New Zealand
Aftershocks continued to throng through New Zealand after the South Island was hit be a 7.5 magnitude earthquake at just after midnight on Monday morning local time.The quake killed at least two people...
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This $86,000 solar-powered tiny house rotates to face the sun
More homeowners are investing in solar panels as a more environmentally (and budget) friendly energy source. But solar panels work best when the sun shines directly on them, which means they're only...
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The most breathtaking natural wonder in every state
From arid deserts to lush forests, mountain peaks to gorgeous valleys, America's landscape is as varied as it is stunning. No wonder it's called "America the Beautiful."Picking 50 wasn't easy, but here...
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14 perfectly-timed pictures of animals doing hysterical things
If we've learnt anything from David Attenborough and his most recent "Planet Earth II" documentary, it's that nature supplies us with some hilariously candid moments — like the plucky lizard that...
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Dan Rather: Now, more than ever, we must stand up for science
When historians look back at the presidential election of 2016 they will certainly have many questions, but perhaps the biggest one isn’t getting enough attention today. “What the (insert the popular...
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Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti — but the country is getting help from a...
MARRAKECH, Morocco – One month after Hurricane Matthew killed more than 1,000 people in Haiti, many of the 1.4 million citizens who need humanitarian aid are still waiting for help despite a United...
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If Trump kills the Paris Agreement, the world's best shot at avoiding global...
November 9 will likely become the day that the Paris Agreement died, but not when the goal of limiting warming to 2℃ slipped out of reach.President Donald Trump can, and likely will, drop out of the...
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Stephen Hawking: Humans have only about 1,000 years left
Stephen Hawking thinks our days are numbered — unless we find a new planet to live on.During a talk at the Oxford Union debating society this week, the renowned theoretical physicist said humanity...
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Parts of China's water supply are getting worse
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China is making progress in battling the damaging smog that can shroud its big cities, but in many areas - from parts of the giant Yangtze river to the coalfields of Inner...
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We might be headed for some harsher winters
Longer, harsher winters may be in store for the portions of North America as the polar vortex continues to weaken and shifts, according to a new study.The polar vortex is a large pocket of frigid air...
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We have less ice in the world right now than any November on record — but...
There has never been less sea ice recorded on Earth than there is right now.Both the Arctic and Antarctic are significantly below their usual extents — that is, the area of the ocean covered by ice....
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'We are not on a preordained path to destruction': Kerry reassures Morocco...
Secretary of State John Kerry has attended every major United Nations summit on climate change since 1992. On Wednesday, in what may be his last international address on the topic as a cabinet member,...
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Beijing is going to ban high-polluting cars from being driven during smog alerts
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing will next year ban highly polluting old cars from being driven whenever air quality alerts are issued in the city or neighbouring regions, the city's environmental...
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Trump is taking advice on the future of the environment from a man who denies...
President-elect Donald Trump has said that he does not believe the planet is warming as a result of human activity — despite the research-backed consensus reached long ago by researchers across the...
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The battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline partly comes from the failed US...
This summer, Tim Mentz Sr. took to YouTube to tell the world about the destruction of his cultural heritage.A former tribal historic preservation officer of the Standing Rock Sioux, Mentz wore a...
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'Thunderstorm asthma': Two die and thousands fall sick as freak phenomenon...
A major storm that hit Melbourne on Monday night appears to have caused a mass outbreak of an illness known as “thunderstorm asthma”.The Age reports that an unprecedented number of people fell acutely...
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An acidic hot spring in Yellowstone 'dissolved' a tourist — and it's more...
Last week, a young pair of tourists' holiday took a turn for the horrific when one of them fell into a boiling, acidic pool in Yellowstone National Park and "dissolved."Colin and Sable Scott, a brother...
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A NASA scientist told us why he’s surprisingly optimistic about one area of...
Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist and director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which studies the changing atmosphere, says that it won't be simple for Trump to purge federal agencies of...
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Even if he tries, Trump will have a hard time gutting the Environmental...
During the Republican primary debates, President-elect Trump threatened to gut the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying, "We are going to get rid of it in almost every form. We're going to...
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11 ways our atmosphere went bonkers this October that you probably didn’t notice
It's been a wild year on planet Earth — and the hottest one ever recorded.But climate change is a lot more complex than just some global thermometer ticking upward.It rearranges the whole system — so...
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