The most effective clean energy policy gets the least love.
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Mapping the Tasmanian tiger’s mysterious loss from mainland
Ancient DNA extracted from fossil bones and museum specimens has shed new light on the mysterious loss of the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) from Australia's...
Did rapid sea-level rise drown fossil coral reefs around Hawaii?
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Large earthquakes along Olympic Mountain faults, Washington State, USA
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Drowning in grain: How Big Ag sowed seeds of a profit-slashing glut.
Abundant supplies have helped lower food prices across the world, but the benefit to consumers and impoverished nations is muted by several factorsBy Rod...
Could evaporation be a significant source of renewable energy?
In 2015, biophysicist Ozgur Sahin found a way to turn the process of evaporation into a renewable source of energy, building devices that lit...
Merkel may have promised too much in carbon pollution fight.
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarks on coalition talks to bed down her fourth term in office, a promise made shortly before her re-election...
Feds say it's “inappropriate” to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from controversial Florida pipeline.
You know John Morgan the heavy drinker, now meet John Morgan the holy roller
The possible candidate for governor calls himself a “compassionate capitalist.”
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Right-wing media could not be more wrong about the 1.5°C carbon budget paper.
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Climate Consensus - the 97%
As usual, conservative media outlets distorted a climate science paper to advance the denialist agenda
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