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Volcanologists spent two weeks collecting samples from Yasur, a continuously erupting volcano on Tanna, an island in the remote South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu,...

Chesapeake Bay pollution extends to early 19th century

Humans began measurably and negatively impacting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay in the first half of the 19th century, according to a study...

EPA seeks to scuttle cleanup of coal power plant pollution.

The Trump administration is once again seeking to scuttle cuts to pollution from coal-fired power plants.The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked a federal...

Rick Perry asked for a boring, wonky study of the grid. Even that was...

Energy Secretary Rick Perry, right, joins NRG Energy chief executive Mauricio Gutierrez on a tour of the Petra Nova carbon capture and enhanced...

Council to consider Portland's largest climate change project Wednesday.

JW_DISQUS_VIEW_COMMENTS Commissioner Nick Fish to ask for $12 million in sewer funds to convert all methane at treatment plant to renewable natural gas. Commissioner Nick Fish...

Canary in the kelp forest: Sea creature dissolves in today’s warming, acidic waters

The one-two punch of warming waters and ocean acidification is predisposing some marine animals to dissolving quickly under conditions already occurring off the Northern...

Water is streaming across Antarctica

In the first such continent-wide survey, scientists have found extensive drainages of meltwater flowing over parts of Antarctica's ice during the brief summer.

Dons du «Fonds vert pour le climat» au Maroc

Formulés par le ministère de l’Agriculture, de la Pêche maritime, du Développement rural et des Eaux et Forêts, le projet d’aménagement hydro- agricole du...

Une panne de congélateur fait fondre 22.000 ans d'histoire contenus dans de précieux blocs...

C'est l'une des plus vastes collections de carottes de glace au monde. Ponctionnée dans l'Arctique canadien, elle couvrait 80.000 ans d'histoire du climat et de...

New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive

If an asteroid struck Earth, which of its effects -- scorching heat, flying debris, towering tsunamis -- would claim the most lives? A new...

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