Public confused by climate change messages
Experts, charities, the media and government confuse the public by speaking 'different languages' on climate change, a new study says. The research team focused...
Seacoast roads under new threat from rising sea level
Some roads, as far as two miles from the shore, are facing a new hazard that currently cannot be seen by drivers -- rising...
A brave new world for coral reefs
It is not too late to save coral reefs, but we must act now.
Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide
Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting overfishing.
The Larsen C iceberg is on the brink of breaking off.
The saga of the Larsen C crack is about reach its stunning conclusion. Scientists have watched a rift grow along one of Antarctica’s ice...
The country adopting electric vehicles faster than anywhere else.
The basement of Oslo’s Akershus Fortress has been retrofitted with dozens of charging stations for electric vehicles.
Since the 14th century, Akershus Fortress has protected...
Spared by Sandy, but still agonizing over what comes next.
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A new twist on uranium’s origin story
Biogeochemists found biogenic, non-crystalline uranium occurring naturally in a Wyoming roll front, offering new clues to the mineral's origins.
Ultra-stable perovskite solar cell remains stable for more than a year
Scientists have built a low-cost and ultra-stable perovskite solar cell that has been running at 11.2 percent efficiency for over a year, without loss...
Geoscientific evidence for subglacial lakes
During the last glacial period -- when the ice in the Antarctic was far thicker and extended further offshore than it does today --...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
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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