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Pollution Highlights the Price China Is Paying for Rapid Development
Beijing has developed into an impressive modern city over the past two decades. But a tourist visiting the Chinese...
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Tidal Turbines Could Provide 20% of Britain’s Electricity
UK tides could provide more of the UK’s electricity than previously thought. Until now, the Department for Energy and...
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Rising Mercury Emissions Increase Risk to Humans
Developing nations are facing growing health and environmental risks from increased exposure to mercury, according to a UN report....
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It’s Official: 2012 Was Hottest Year Ever in U.S.
The numbers are in: 2012, the year of a surreal March heat wave, a severe drought in the corn...
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Coral Fights Back Against Warming Seas
In the world of coral reefs, most of the news is pretty gloomy. Rising ocean temperatures have led to...
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Bacteria Tweaked to Make Fuel From Sunlight
As part of the bid to find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, chemists have artificially engineered bacteria capable of...
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Ice Swirls off the Coast of Greenland … for Now
From Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog: Global warming is real. Temperatures are changing, climate is changing, and most importantly, arctic...
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The Kyoto Scorecard
The Kyoto Protocol on climate change used to be a big deal. So big that the future of humanity...