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Researchers have found a way to predict minerals missing from those known to science, where to find them, and where to look for new...
Climate scientists create Caribbean drought atlas
Atmospheric scientists have developed the first-of-its-kind, high-resolution Caribbean drought atlas, with data going back to 1950. Concurrently, the researchers confirmed the region’s 2013-16 drought...
Chemical weathering could alleviate some climate change effects
Scientists have discovered that chemical weathering, a process in which carbon dioxide breaks down rocks and then gets trapped in sediment, can happen at...
Wildfires continue to beleaguer Western Canada
Like tourist season, wildfire season is also in full swing in British Columbia. Whereas tourists are welcomed to the Canadian province, wildfires are not....
Women take control of solar revolution.
The solar revolution is reaching the remotest parts of the world and changing the lives of women otherwise trapped in poverty.
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Islamic state and climate change seen as world's greatest threats, poll says.
By LISA FRIEDMANAugust 1, 2017Climate change is essentially tied with the Islamic State as the most-feared security threat across much of the world — except in...
Massive coal mine could expand In Northwest Colorado.
By Matt Kroschel
CRAIG, Colo. (CBS4) – Federal officials are collecting input on a plan to allow a coal mine in Northwestern Colorado to dig...
Scottish Government push turbines by overturning local decisions.
Wind farms are being pushed through planning by the Scottish Government across vast areas of the country as ministers regularly overrule local decision-makers.
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Vail Resorts’ zero emissions pledge reignites ski industry’s climate dialogue.
Colorado's High Country received a sudden spark to its conversation on carbon neutrality last week as Vail Resorts, Inc., announced its pledge to wholly...
These methane-eating microbes are drastically helping to reduce global warming.
They might be small, but they are proving to be mighty, as scientists have discovered a breed of microbes living in Antarctic glaciers are...
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