NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas
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Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help...
To Mask or Not? The Weighty Symbolism Behind a Simple Choice
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Brazil’s carbon emissions rose 8.9% in 2016, despite recession
Despite Brazil’s worst recession in history, national greenhouse gases emissions are estimated to have risen 8.9% in 2016 and reached the highest level since 2004, agriculture...
Trump Calls Mayor of Shrinking Chesapeake Island and Tells Him Not to Worry About...
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Portuguese Children to Crowdfund European Climate Change Case
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Dr. Ben Santer: Climate Denialism Has No Place at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
This is a repost of Dr. Santer's statement via the Union of Concerned Scientists blog and we thank UCS for this permission.
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Unregulated solar geoengineering could spark droughts and hurricanes, study warns
Artificially cooling the planet through solar geoengineering could have some dramatic side effects – including an increase in droughts and hurricanes in some regions...
NASA Data on Plant ‘Sweating’ Could Help Predict Wildfire Severity
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A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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