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March 25th, 2025 11:26:27 EDT -0400 Unique two-clawed dinosaur discovered Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands. |
March 24th, 2025 21:41:32 EDT -0400 Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years. |
March 22nd, 2025 00:28:33 EDT -0400 Why earthquake predictions are usually wrong On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck. |
March 20th, 2025 22:26:22 EDT -0400 Schools and hospitals get £180m solar investment The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK. |
March 21st, 2025 02:06:16 EDT -0400 New national forest to see 20m trees planted The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets. |
March 19th, 2025 21:13:28 EDT -0400 Oil giant's leaked data reveals 'awful' pollution Colombia’s Ecopetrol polluted hundreds of sites, including water sources and wetlands, the BBC finds. |
March 19th, 2025 17:59:12 EDT -0400 Dark Energy experiment challenges Einstein's theory of Universe New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time. |
March 18th, 2025 05:03:34 EDT -0400 Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault A spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC there had been an assault at the station. |
March 16th, 2025 20:03:34 EDT -0400 Small electric cars were said to be the future – but SUVs now rule the road Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads. |
March 13th, 2025 09:01:49 EDT -0400 Thousands of high-risk toxic sites unchecked due to lack of cash BBC investigation finds nine out of ten high-risk contaminated areas have not been tested. |
March 9th, 2025 21:38:42 EDT -0400 Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods. |
March 7th, 2025 11:51:14 EST -0500 Toppled private spacecraft can't complete Moon mission The mission was supposed to last 10 days but less then a day after landing, the craft is running out of power. |
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March 24th, 2025 12:17:00 EDT -0400 With NOAA Cuts, a Proud Legacy and Vital Science Are at Risk For more than 50 years, NOAA has pioneered climate research and been instrumental in advancing modern weather forecasting. Now labeled by Project 2025 as part of the “climate alarm industry” and facing DOGE-driven cuts, the future of this valuable public asset is in jeopardy. |
March 24th, 2025 09:46:00 EDT -0400 Retreating Arctic Glaciers Have Exposed 1,500 Miles of Coastline Since 2000, the melting of Arctic glaciers has exposed some 1,500 miles of coastline, a study finds. |
March 20th, 2025 15:22:00 EDT -0400 Peatland Algae to Soak Up More Carbon as Planet Warms New research finds that microalgae in northern peat bogs will absorb more carbon dioxide as the planet warms, helping to take a bite out of emissions. |
March 19th, 2025 11:55:00 EDT -0400 Imperiled in the Wild, Many Plants May Survive Only in Gardens As the impacts of climate change and other threats mount, conservationists are racing to preserve endangered plant species in botanical garden “metacollections” in the hope of eventually returning them to the wild. But what happens when there is no suitable habitat to return them to? |
March 19th, 2025 09:00:00 EDT -0400 Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in 800,000 Years Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U.N. report detailing the dire state of the global climate. |
March 18th, 2025 08:33:00 EDT -0400 Grass-Fed Beef No Better for Climate Than Industrial Beef, Study Finds New research finds that, pound for pound, grazing cattle generate at least as much heat-trapping gas as those raised in feedlots. |
March 17th, 2025 09:15:00 EDT -0400 Peruvian Farmer Sues German Energy Giant Over Its Role in Climate Change Hearings began Monday in a landmark climate case in Hamm, Germany, where a Peruvian farmer is suing energy giant RWE over its role in warming. |
March 14th, 2025 00:00:00 EDT -0400 African Solar Installations Headed for Banner Year African solar installations are projected to grow by 42 percent this year, according to an industry group. |
March 13th, 2025 00:00:00 EDT -0400 Can Toxic Mining Waste Help Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere? On the coast of Newfoundland, waste from a shuttered asbestos mine has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. Now, a company plans to process the waste to draw CO2 from the air — one of several projects worldwide that aim to turn this liability into an asset. |
March 12th, 2025 00:00:00 EDT -0400 In This Storied Egyptian City, Rising Seas are Causing Buildings to Crumble As waters rise along the Egyptian coast, hundreds of buildings in the historic port city of Alexandria have collapsed. |
March 11th, 2025 00:00:00 EDT -0400 Saving U.S. Climate and Environmental Data Before It Goes Away Some 2,000 records went missing from government data sets after the Trump administration took office in January. Canadian geographer Eric Nost talks about the work he and colleagues are doing to archive data related to climate and the environment while it is still accessible. |
March 10th, 2025 00:00:00 EDT -0400 Cuts to U.S. Climate Aid Will Leave Large Gap in Global Funding The U.S. provides nearly a tenth of all climate finance globally, a well of funding that is at risk of drying up as the Trump administration takes aim at overseas spending. |