The number of coal-fired power plants in the pipeline worldwide declined in 2021, according to research released Tuesday, but the fossil fuel most responsible for global warming still generated record CO2 emissions, threatening ...
Environment
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Arctic sea ice may be disappearing, but until recently, Antarctic sea ice was having the opposite experience. In February, however, the extent of sea ice at the southern hemisphere experienced a record low, the second such ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2022
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A better understanding of tree growth-climate sensitivity across regions and species may reduce uncertainties in simulating forest carbon budgets. However, few studies have explored the growth-climate sensitivity of different ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2022
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If the world acts now, we can avoid the worst outcomes of climate change without any significant effect on standards of living. That's a key message from the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Environment
Apr 6, 2022
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California is a wildfire hot spot: each year, homes, businesses, and ecosystems are destroyed by fires exacerbated by climate change. But even after the blazes subside, wildfires can still threaten community wellbeing. A ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2022
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Consumers in the UK, US and Canada underestimate their future expenses by an average of £75 per week, the equivalent of £3,900 (approximately $5,100) a year, new research from the University of St Andrews shows.
Economics & Business
Apr 1, 2022
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The recent crisis in Ukraine is reigniting the discussion of the appropriate mix of assistance for refugees. According to the UN Refugee Agency, six million refugees already lived in camps in 2021 due to multiple armed conflicts ...
Economics & Business
Mar 21, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S., the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany has found evidence that suggests ...
After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China.
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2021
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A pair of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published the results of a study that is the first to take a process-based modeling approach to understand how much CO2 rivers and streams contribute ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2021
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