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March 18th, 2024 07:17:05 EDT -0400 High-seas drama over an ocean treasure trove Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing deep-sea mining for obstructing a research expedition. |
March 17th, 2024 20:14:59 EDT -0400 Heat pumps too expensive, government warned The spending watchdog says the costs remain too high and public awareness of the technology remains low. |
March 15th, 2024 20:39:31 EDT -0400 The 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-ice Could a daring experiment help our planet or is it a dangerous distraction? |
March 17th, 2024 13:06:35 EDT -0400 Iceland state of emergency after volcanic flare-up Powerful lava flows began late on Saturday - but authorities say they have since diminished significantly. |
March 14th, 2024 12:17:23 EDT -0400 Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever' The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight. |
March 14th, 2024 22:17:01 EDT -0400 Australian farm grows world's biggest blueberry The monster fruit is the size of a ping-pong ball and weighs 20.4g, about 10 times the average blueberry. |
March 12th, 2024 21:33:45 EDT -0400 World's largest trees are 'thriving in UK' A survey of giant redwoods growing in the UK reveals the trees are doing well - and growing fast. |
March 6th, 2024 22:06:49 EST -0500 Hottest February marks ninth new monthly record in a row It's the ninth month of global temperature records in a row, driven by climate change and El Niño. |
February 22nd, 2024 07:34:37 EST -0500 UK quits treaty that lets oil firms sue government The ECT allowed fossil-fuel companies to sue governments for billions in compensation for lost profits. |
February 26th, 2024 19:04:21 EST -0500 Why firms are racing to produce green ammonia Ammonia is essential for fertiliser production but producing it is carbon intensive. |
February 8th, 2024 05:18:33 EST -0500 World breaches 1.5C warming threshold for full year The last 12 months were the hottest on record, temporarily sending the world past a deeply symbolic mark. |
January 24th, 2024 12:37:35 EST -0500 Amazon's record drought driven by climate change The world's largest rainforest protects us from climate change but deforestation has left it vulnerable. |
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March 18th, 2024 08:45:50 EDT -0400 How Lightly Grazed Lands Can Lock Away Huge Sums of Carbon A new study finds that scaling back grazing on most pastureland worldwide would dramatically increase the amount of carbon stored in soils. |
March 15th, 2024 10:36:00 EDT -0400 Warming Waters Bringing More Sharks to the Alabama Coast Over the past two decades, the number of young bull sharks in Mobile Bay, Alabama has multiplied fivefold, a new study finds. |
March 14th, 2024 10:02:00 EDT -0400 Under Threat in Their Native California, Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in Britain Worsening drought and wildfires in California are pushing giant sequoias, the biggest trees on Earth, into decline. But sequoias that have been planted in Britain are flourishing, new research finds. |
March 13th, 2024 05:13:00 EDT -0400 How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy China has achieved stunning growth in its installed renewable capacity over the last two decades, far outpacing the rest of the world. But to end its continued dependence on fossil fuels, it must now move ahead with planned reforms to its national electricity system. |
March 12th, 2024 10:45:00 EDT -0400 Indonesia Grossly Underestimating Methane Leaking from Coal Mines Emissions of methane from Indonesian coal mines are eight times higher than official estimates would suggest, a new report finds. |
March 11th, 2024 10:26:00 EDT -0400 Solar Accounted for More Than Half of New U.S. Power Last Year Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year. That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions. |
March 8th, 2024 10:50:00 EST -0500 Great Barrier Reef Sees Mass Bleaching as Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High Beset by severe heat throughout the Australian summer, the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing its fifth mass bleaching in eight years. |
March 7th, 2024 05:00:00 EST -0500 As Flooding Increases on the Mississippi, Forests Are Drowning Ever-worsening floods are killing trees at an increasing rate along the upper Mississippi River, and invasive grasses are taking over. The Army Corps of Engineers has launched a project to restore forest and boost tree diversity, and to improve habitat for fish and birds, too. |
March 6th, 2024 08:07:00 EST -0500 In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life Mongolia’s nomadic herders are facing a savage “dzud” winter, with more than 2 million livestock frozen to death so far. Scientists say this lethal phenomenon — extreme cold and heavy snow following summer drought — is occurring more frequently and is linked to climate change. |
March 5th, 2024 09:47:00 EST -0500 Scientists Vote Down Proposal to Declare Anthropocene Has Begun For more than a decade, scientists have been mulling whether the Earth had entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, marked by the profound impact humans have had on the planet. A committee of experts has now reportedly decided on the matter. |
March 4th, 2024 10:13:39 EST -0500 Great Lakes Ice Cover Hits New Lows On the North American Great Lakes, ice cover usually peaks in late February or early March. But currently, the lakes are nearly ice-free. |
March 1st, 2024 10:29:00 EST -0500 Cambodian Offset Project Led to Arrests, Evictions of Indigenous People, Report Alleges Indigenous people in southern Cambodia faced forced evictions and criminal charges after their ancestral lands were marked out for a carbon offset project, a new report alleges. |