Earth is dimming due to climate change
Warming ocean waters have caused a drop in the brightness of the Earth, according to a new study.
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Sep 30, 2021
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'Trash islands' off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem
Floating masses of garbage off some of the Caribbean's pristine beaches offer grim evidence of a vast and growing problem of plastic waste heedlessly dumped in the ocean, local residents, activists and experts say.
Environment
Nov 24, 2017
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International report reveals atmospheric impact of Hunga eruption
An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2025
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Global temperatures over last 24,000 years show today's warming 'unprecedented'
A University of Arizona-led effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far out of bounds human activity has pushed the climate ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2021
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Earth's 'third pole' and its role in global climate
Located at the intersection of South, Central, and East Asia, the massive Tibetan Plateau is often considered to be Earth's "third pole." A land of large glaciers, permafrost, and heavy snow, the plateau feeds a vast network ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2023
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In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate
In a little more than five years—sometime in early 2029—the world will likely be unable to stay below the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming if it continues to burn fossil fuels at its current rate, ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2023
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Why keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones
Thanks to Victorian street planners, many British streets were designed to be full of big trees and, with 84% of the population living in urban areas, most people are more likely to encounter trees in the streets than they ...
Environment
Feb 2, 2021
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What will the world look like in 2050?
It's 2050, and another balmy day in Los Angeles. A young woman steps outside and puts on her air filtration mask. The air is thick with smog, which aggravates her asthma. As she hurries to get into an air-conditioned, self-driving ...
Environment
Oct 15, 2019
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Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate
Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.
Environment
Nov 24, 2009
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Study examines how massive 2022 eruption changed stratosphere chemistry and dynamics
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022 in the South Pacific, it produced a shock wave felt around the world and triggered tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Peru and the United ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2023
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