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Antarctic Sea Ice Hit Lowest Level Since Satellite Observations Began, Study Finds
Scientists detected “significant negative anomalies” in sea ice levels, making them the lowest observed since 1978.
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Glacier retreat in the Andes is bankrupting a billion-dollar corporation
Companies can go bankrupt due to poor business models, more successful competitors, or a decline in their target consumers. But as glacier retreat and droughts lead to lower river flows, hydroelectric...
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Chemical pesticides are largely unnecessary when natural enemies of pest insects are present
According to Dutch biologists, natural pest control may be achieved by simply promoting the effectiveness of their natural enemies.
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A Startup Is Engineering Trees to Grow Faster and Capture More Carbon
The team selected genes from pumpkin and green algae that would enable the poplars to have lower photorespiration rates.
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Are Microbes the Future of Recycling? It’s Complicated.
An enzyme-based recycling technology is poised to go commercial, but questions about cost and scalability linger.
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This startup fights climate change by growing algae in the desert
Per unit area, the company claims to capture as much carbon as a rainforest can.
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Oceans conference comes up with $16b in pledges to safeguard marine health
International delegates representing governments, businesses, academic and research institutions, civil society, youth leaders and philanthropic organizations announced major commitments worth more th...
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Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador
Gasteranthus extinctus had been presumed extinct after extensive deforestation
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Battle over carbon capture as tool to fight climate change
Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was nine months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he’s out and about in Prairieville, Louisiana, part of Ascension Parish. “He ...
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US wind energy just hit a major milestone
The wind energy record came just a week before a critical UN report showed the world needs to switch to solar and wind for electricity to stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis.
