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In recent years, scientists have projected increasingly large summer dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay, areas where there is little or no oxygen for...
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North American birds not fully adjusting to changing climate
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The price is right: Modeling economic growth in a zero-emission society
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Climate crisis is causing lakes to shrink
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World needs ambitious zero percent new plastic waste target by 2040
The United Nations is being urged to make a bold pledge and set a target of zero for new plastic pollution by 2040 in its upcoming Global...
Climate change to produce more rainbows
Climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows, according to a new study. The study's authors estimate that by 2100, the average land location...
Wind power vulnerable to climate change in India
The warming of the Indian Ocean, caused by global climate change, may be causing a slow decline in wind power potential in India, according...
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