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August 29, 8:13 PM
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This year, unusual rains in Kandahar province have caused significant losses for grape farmers. They report a decrease of up to 15% in grape production compared to previous years.
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July 15, 9:39 PM
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The Science Museum has caved in to pressure from campaigners to cut ties with an energy firm over concerns about its environmental impact.
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March 12, 10:28 PM
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Researchers discovered a variety of large plastic pieces in the guts of dead sea turtles found in the eastern Mediterranean.
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December 29, 2023 6:23 PM
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An official survey estimates the roo population declined significantly across New South Wales in the past 12 months, yet farmers say numbers appear healthy.
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December 14, 2023 10:32 PM
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In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, climate warming has led to an increase in the number and severity of destructive wildfires. Climate change projections indicate that environmental and economic damage from wildfires will spread and escalate in the years ahead.
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September 15, 2023 8:22 PM
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The heat dries up the land, making it unable to absorb water if heavy rainfall follows the extreme heat.
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August 18, 2023 12:05 PM
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While humans can adapt to their environment by building or modifying a house, animals can only move in search of environments where they can thrive, one expert said.
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July 27, 2023 4:31 PM
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Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar
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July 25, 2023 6:36 PM
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The water off South Florida has literally become as warm as a hot tub as researchers are discovering dying coral reefs.
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July 24, 2023 2:58 PM
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With the Tokyo Electric Power Company planning to begin a release of 1.3 million tonnes of treated wastewater from the former Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan next month, reports of radioactive fish in the area have raised alarm in recent years—and new reporting on Sunday revealed...
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July 18, 2023 10:11 PM
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Wetlands just outside India's Kolkata have for generations provided tons of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds -- but rapid urbanization is threatening the ecosystem.
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July 13, 2023 10:33 PM
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A new study led by researchers from The University of Sydney has found that agricultural pesticides leach into the world’s rivers and oceans each year at an alarming rate, damaging a variety of ecosystems.
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June 21, 2023 10:14 AM
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Tiny pieces of plastic have been found littered throughout human bodies, trapped in our lungs and laced through our blood, but the long-term health effects of this exposure remain unclear. Every day humans ingest, inhale or otherwise come in contact with microplastics...
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July 17, 1:30 PM
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After Turkey, California and Greece, Alaska, Canada and Russia are the most recent regions in the world exposed to particularly intense fires. Arctic ecosystems and boreal forests that cover a large part of the northern hemisphere continue to burn.
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April 9, 3:55 PM
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Jared Kushner is eying the last remaining wild river in Europe for a development project that would wreck the region's delicate ecosystem, according to a report.
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January 16, 9:44 AM
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More than 300 companies and financial institutions plan to report on the impacts they have on the natural world as part of efforts to stem the global collapse of biodiversity, delegates at Davos heard on Tuesday.
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December 19, 2023 5:47 PM
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The dangerous substances were found in the muscle and liver samples of six Bigg's killer whales and six southern resident killer whales, its endangered cousin.
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October 16, 2023 6:45 PM
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Exceptional events rule has become ‘regulatory escape hatch’ for states that want to meet federal air-quality standards...
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September 12, 2023 7:05 AM
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The biggest journey in a sea turtle’s life is in the first steps it takes. They face obstacles like bright street lights, hungry seabirds or raccoons and, once in the water, commercial fishing nets or stray plastic they mistake as a jellyfish snack. But now, leatherback sea turtles face another risk, according to a new Florida Atlantic University study — rising temperatures from climate change.
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August 7, 2023 8:30 AM
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In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a human hand.
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July 26, 2023 1:20 PM
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The startling 101.1 reading was recorded in Manatee Bay, near the Everglades National Park. The rising ocean temperatures, driven by climate change, are already endangering nearby coral, experts say.
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July 24, 2023 5:51 PM
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A vast area at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for controversial deep sea mineral mining is home to thousands of species unknown to science and more complex than previously understood, according to several new studies.
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July 21, 2023 3:59 PM
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Climate scientists warned Friday that worsening atmospheric and marine heatwaves threaten food security around the world.Large swaths of the Northern Hemisphere have been pummeled in recent weeks by serial heatwaves exacerbated by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis.
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July 17, 2023 7:50 AM
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From a distance, everything looks normal: neat rows of peach trees, their green leaves fluttering in the wind, near a pretty little American farmhouse. But Georgia farmer Stuart Gregg searched in vain among the branches, unable to find a single piece of fruit.
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July 5, 2023 9:44 AM
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As he dipped a net into a big cylindrical tub in the dimly lit fish laboratory at the University of Minnesota’s Hodson Hall, Dr. Peter Sorensen scooped a half dozen small silvery fish and gazed at the wiggling, bug-eyed creatures with a look of benevolence.
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