China bans 553 car models in fight against smog
Beijing — China makes a massive move towards a smogless society with its ban of over 500 car models that have been proven to contribute to urban
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Scientists Say There’s Plenty Of Wind Over Oceans To Power Entire Planet
If humans have enough turbines running in the ocean, we could generate enough electricity to power the entire human race, says new research from the N
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Study Proves Exxon Spent Millions Misleading Public About Climate Change
An academic study published Tuesday in the journal of Environmental Research Letters at IOPScience provides more evidence that oil giant ExxonMobil sp
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The state of US forests: Six questions answered
Thomas J. Straka, Clemson University Editor’s note: The first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, catalyzed a wave of laws to protect the environment and
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We need to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere, not just reduce emissions
Eelco Rohling, Australian National University Getting climate change under control is a formidable, multifaceted challenge. Analysis by my colleagues
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How English-style drizzle killed the Ice Age’s giants
Alan Cooper, University of Adelaide; Matthew Wooller, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Tim Rabanus-Wallace, University of Adelaide Wet weather at t
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Make our soil great again
David R. Montgomery, University of Washington Most of us don’t think much about soil, let alone its health. But as Earth Day approaches, it’s time
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The world’s five deadliest volcanoes … and why they’re so dangerous
Matthew Blackett, Coventry University An eruption of Mount Etna recently caught out some BBC journalists who were filming there. The footage was extra
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After 25 years of trying, why aren’t we environmentally sustainable yet?
Michael Howes, Griffith University In 1992, more than 170 countries came together at the Rio Earth Summit and agreed to pursue sustainable development
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Don’t panic: the northern lights won’t be turning off anytime soon
Nathan Case, Lancaster University The northern lights are nature’s very own magnificent light show. They are the mesmerising end result of electrica
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CDC Cancels Climate Change Conference in February
A major, almost overnight shift of Democrat to Republican values in the White House has yielded chilling effects throughout the country, climate chang
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Putting CO2 away for good by turning it into stone
We seriously need to do something about CO2 emissions. Besides shifting to renewable energy sources and increasing energy efficiency, we need to start
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NASA Satellite Finds Unreported Sources of Toxic Air Pollution
Using a new satellite-based method, scientists at NASA, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and two universities have located 39 unreported and maj
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Should Florida ‘frack’ its limestone for oil and gas? Two geophysicists weigh in
Florida is on the front lines of a debate over the spread of the controversial drilling technique hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which raises a cr
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Recreating forests of the past isn’t enough to fix our wildfire problems
Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night… -William Blake There is general agreement that America’s landscapes, certainly its wildl
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