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Natural Sinks Still Sopping Up Carbon
Earth’s ecosystems keep soaking up more carbon as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, new measurements find. The research...
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How to Rid the World of the “Element from Hell”
The vast majority of the radioactive plutonium on the planet is man-made—roughly 500 metric tons, or enough to make...
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Most Mammals Won’t Flee Climate Change Fast Enough
As the climate changes over the next century, the ranges of nearly 90% of mammal species will shrink –...
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Humanity Outstripping Earth’s Resources, Biodiversity in Decline
Global Biodiversity Down 30 Percent in 40 Years: Humanity is essentially using the resources of one and a half...
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Antarctic Ice Shelf at Tipping Point
British and American scientists have discovered a previously unknown sub-glacial basin nearly the size of New Jersey beneath the...
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Hansen: Game Over for the Climate
Global warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why it was so troubling to read a recent...
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Warm Water Threatens Vast Anatarctic Ice Shelf
Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that...
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How to Feed the World While Earth Cooks
A conference on feeding the world must also feed itself. For the New America Foundation’s recent “Feeding the World...
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Ocean Garbage Patch Expands, Breeds Bugs
The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing...
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Hellish Coal Fires Roast Underworld for a Century
Wherever there is coal, there will be fire. For centuries, we have dug up the combustible rock to power...