Sea level rise will double coastal flood risk worldwide.
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Sharp rise in flooding ahead for world’s poorest.
Coastal residents of poor and fast-growing tropical countries face rapid increases in the numbers of once-rare floods they may face as seas rise, with...
Popular sport fish may be headed for broad extinction in California.
Forty-five percent of California's native salmon, steelhead and trout species face extinction within 50 years, and nearly three-quarters will be wiped out in a...
Action urged to avoid yellow-eyed penguin's extinction.
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WELLINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Iconic yellow-eyed penguins could disappear from New Zealand's Otago Peninsula by 2060 due to climate change, latest research...
Report: Sea level rise could threaten 65,000 Beaufort County residents, even inland.
More than 65,000 Beaufort County residents will be threatened by rising sea levels by the end of the century, but inland cities will not...
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Limiting warming to 1.5C has clear benefits for Australia, study says
Global temperature rise of 2C could see Australia hit by heat extremes similar to the “angry summer” of 2012-13 in almost four out of...
At Arctic Council meeting, hidden tensions over region's resources.
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Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts.
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Polar bears are ditching seafood in favour of scrambled eggs, as the heat rises in the Arctic melting the sea...
Is Louisiana really losing a football field of land per hour?
"Louisiana is losing a football field an hour." The statement has almost become a cliche. It's been repeated in just about every news story,...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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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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