Australian cities to have 50C summer days by 2040, study says.
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Researchers say Sydney and Melbourne would have unprecedented temperatures even if Paris target met
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Researchers say that 50C summer days in Sydney could be...
Interfaith group addresses climate change.
There are Interfaith Power & Light chapters in 40 states, including North Carolina, and in Washington, D.C. The nonprofit organization has become a leading...
Protection for tiny darter contrasts admin moves on grizzlies.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the trispot darter as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Pat O'Neil/Geological Survey of Alabama
Some tiny...
Desperation grows in Puerto Rico’s poor communities without water or power.
Public health conditions are rapidly deteriorating across Puerto Rico as government agencies struggle to restore basic services such as power and clean drinking water...
Scottish government bans fracking after public opposition.
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Energy minister Paul Wheelhouse says allowing unconventional extraction of coal and gas would put climate goals at risk
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A protest against fracking in 2013 in...
Ammonia emissions unlikely to be causing extreme China haze
As China struggles to find ways to remedy the noxious haze that lingers over Beijing and other cities in the winter, researchers have cast...
Surrounded by potential: New science in converting biomass
To take full advantage of biomass, lignin needs to be processed into usable components along with the plant cellulose. Currently, that process requires an...
Warming unlikely to have major impact on animal agriculture in Northeast
Climate change will not significantly impair animal agriculture in the Northeast region of the United States, according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers, who...
Livestock grazing harming giant panda habitat
One third of the giant panda habitat in China's Wanglang National Nature Reserve has been degraded and lost to livestock grazing, a new study...
Computational study sheds doubt on latest theory of birds’ mysterious magnetic compass
The European robin and other birds know where to migrate by sensing the direction of the Earth's magnetic field. Researchers have recently attributed this...
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