A huge part of Antarctica is melting and scientists say that's bad news
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Religious leaders join forces in Oslo to protect rainforests
Rainforest Foundation Norway leader Lars Løvold. File photo: Terje Pedersen/NTB scanpixReligious leaders around the world met Monday in Oslo to urge further efforts to...
Myanmar develops resilience to disasters with World Bank financing
By Alex Chau | Tuesday, 20 June 2017
A new project financed by the World Bank aims to bolster Myanmar’s capacity to respond to disaster risks.
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Freshwater from salt water using only solar energy
A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded a direct solar desalination technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to heat...
Sustainable ethanol from carbon dioxide? A possible path
A recent discovery could lead to a new, more sustainable way to make ethanol without corn or other crops. This promising technology has three...
Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio
Can the continental United States make a rapid, reliable and low-cost transition to an energy system that relies almost exclusively on wind, solar and...
Transforming last night’s leftovers into green energy
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Volcanic eruptions triggered dawn of the dinosaurs
Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene...
Chemistry of sea spray particles linked for first time to formation process
For the first time, researchers have identified what drives the observed differences in the chemical make-up of sea spray particles ejected from the ocean...
Deaths of migrating wildebeests key to Serengeti’s vibrant ecosystem
Wildebeest carcasses, casualties of the world's largest overland animal migration, pile up annually on the banks of the Mara River in Africa and play...
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