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Bill Clinton: 'The water is going to keep rising’ whether US stays in Paris...
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Solar geoengineering may not cool the oceans, study says
Spraying aerosols high in the stratosphere could dampen global warming over land, but may not prevent the oceans from heating up, new research says.
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Losses get real as seas rise.
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More plastic than fish? Oceans 'under threat as never before,' warns UN chief.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the first U.N. conference on oceans Monday with a warning that the seas are "under threat as never before," noting...
With Trump administration intentions unclear, Alaskans might have to fill the void on Arctic...
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With lobsters and climate, there's not a debate.
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