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Study Claims Antarctic Ice Is Growing, But Net Gain Will Reverse In Decades
Environment Photo credit: Central Antarctica is gaining ice mass, possibly offsetting faster melting at the edges, but this is unlikely to last. Evgeny Kovalev spb/Shutterstock A group of scientists...
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Scotland To Construct World's Largest Floating Wind Farm
Environment Photo credit: An offshore wind farm in Denmark. Eugene Suslo/Shutterstock. The International Energy Agency recently announced that the world is on track to produce 26% of its energy demands...
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Researchers Eavesdrop On Arctic Whales To Learn Their Movements
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Humpback whale off the coast of Alaska. Graham R Prentice/Shutterstock As ice is melting earlier in the year and forming later, the period of time with ice-free water...
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What Does The Future Hold For The Polar Bear?
Plants and Animals Photo credit: A bear striding across the tundra. BJ Kirsschhoffer/Polar Bears International The fate of the polar bear is inextricably linked to that of the sea ice on which they...
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Discovery That Kangaroos Fart Too Suggests They Play A Role In Methane...
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Sure they're cute, but don't go thinking kangaroos are fartless. Adam Munn. The belief that kangaroos have special microbes in their digestive system that don't produce...
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China Has Been Dramatically Underreporting Coal Consumption
Environment Photo credit: The fact that China has been burning more coal could mean they'll start to curb their emissions sooner. L.F/Shutterstock It’s being reported how China, currently the world’s...
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Austrian State Now Produces 100% Of Electricity From Renewables
Environment Photo credit: Church of Falkenstein in Lower Austria. PHB.cz (Richard Semik)/Shutterstock Lower Austria, one of the country's nine states, has thrown its hat into the renewable ring....
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If We Don't Cut Our Carbon Emissions, This Is What The World Will Look Like...
Environment Photo credit: Nickolay Lamm/Climate Central This century could be make-or-break for climate change. If things continue “business as usual” and no action is taken to slash carbon emissions,...
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Canadian Federal Scientists Can Now "Speak Freely" To The Media
Editor's Blog Photo credit: The previous conservative government was highly criticized for gagging federal scientists, especially those whose work related to climate change. Shuhan/Shutterstock The new...
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2015 Global Temperatures Set To Pass 1°C Of Warming
Environment Photo credit: The world is set to reach halfway to the 2°C limit often quoted in climate negotiations. Signature Message/Shutterstock Climate negotiations often revolve around keeping the...
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Climate Change On Saturn's Moon Titan Hinted By Images Of Wind-Eroded Features
Space Photo credit: This recent Cassini image shows dunes on Titan. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute. Somewhat surprising findings have suggested that Titan’s climate has significantly shifted...
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The Cacao Tree Is A Lot Older Than We Thought
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Cacao powder and beans. Dionisvera/Shutterstock The entire world owes a lot to Theobroma cacao, the tree from which we derive that unrelentingly delicious chocolate of...
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Vast Ancient River System Discovered Under The Sahara Desert
Environment Photo credit: It seems strange to imagine that the hot Sahara once supported hippos and elephants. Alberto Loyo/Shutterstock While today the Sahara is a dry, sandy, mostly inhospitable...
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Massive Glacier In Northeastern Greenland Is Melting At An Accelerated Rate
Environment Photo credit: If the two largest glaciers in Greenland were to melt, global sea levels would rise by one meter. Maria Stenzel/UC Irvine If the entire glacier in the northeast of Greenland...
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U.K. Is The Only G7 Country To INCREASE Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Environment Photo credit: Due to declining North Sea oil reserves, the U.K. government is giving more in subsidies. WTM/Shutterstock Despite pledges to cut fossil fuel subsidies, it turns out that G20...
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Sharks' Ability To Hunt Could Be Altered Under Climate Change
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Port Jackson sharks live off the coast of Australia and feed on the seabed. Klaus Stiefel/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 Sharks just can’t seem to catch a break. Not only are they...
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This Year's El Niño Predicted To Get Even Stronger Over The Coming Months
Environment Photo credit: Hurricane Patricia, the biggest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere, was super-changed by this year's El Niño. NASA's Earth Observatory/Flickr. CC BY 2.0. The world...
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October Smashes Temperature Records, Practically Guaranteeing 2015 Will Be...
Environment Photo credit: There is now a 99.9 percent chance that 2015 will breach 1°C of warming. stoonn/Shutterstock The climate records just keep rolling in. Month after month, we keep hitting...
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Bill Nye On Climate Change, The Next Generation, And Space Exploration
Space Photo credit: F. Scott Shafer / The Planetary Society Bill Nye is all about harnessing power these days: the power of the Sun, the power of human exploration, the power of climate change, and the...
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20-Year Study Finds That Corporate Funding Has Affected The Public's...
Environment Photo credit: There is often a stark divide when it comes to climate change. a katz/Shutterstock Climate change has long been a polarizing subject, with a gulf between those who “believe”...
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