Environment and Climate Change
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These photos show how a warmer climate is damaging Earth’s waters
In her new book, Entropy, photographer Diane Tuft explores the damage that a warmer climate will have on bodies of water.…
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The Norwegian Government Agrees With Opposing Parties On New Fisheries Policy
“The Labor and Center Party are throwing away a historic opportunity to bring the fish back to the people and…
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‘I want to erase my own footprint’: The women looking after an island paradise
She knows the loss of trees reduces oxygen and that dumped garbage kills the sea turtles that keep the ocean…
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Climate change: Deadly African heatwave ‘impossible’ without warming
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat. Matt…
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What is Earth Day, when is it and what has it achieved?
The event began in 1970 in the United States, and is now marked around the world. Mark Poynting & Maddie…
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Drought-hit Panama Canal to ease traffic restrictions
PANAMA CITY — The number of ships allowed through the drought-hit Panama Canal each day will be increased thanks to…
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Environment: Oil and gas producers underreport methane emissions
Who should be the last producers of oil and gas? Peter Sainsbury Pearls and Irritations What are Australia’s commonest birds?…
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The Specter of Deep-Sea Mining
With no public debate and scant publicity, deep-sea mining has gotten quietly underway in recent years. Eileen Crist CounterPunch Exploratory…
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‘Worst I Have Seen’: 75% of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching
“We cannot expect to save the Great Barrier Reef and be opening new fossil fuel developments.” Brett Wilkins Common Dreams…
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Scientists Assemble High-Resolution Dataset of 149 Glaciers in Svalbard Using AI
Their work will help predict glacier dynamics and their contribution to future sea-level rise as other regions experience increased warming.…
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Thanks to termite tents, California is top U.S. emitter of a planet-warming pesticide
Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states…
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Ocean forests: how ‘floating’ mangroves could provide a broad range of ecological and social benefits
The 2022 report “The State of the World’s Mangroves” estimates that since 1996, 5,245 square kilometers of mangroves have been lost…
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Of Life and Lithium: Why the “White Gold” Rush Won’t Save The Planet
With his perfect tan and slicked-back hair, California Governor Gavin Newsom stood at a podium at Sacramento’s Cal Expo in…
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Ex-Obama officials rue missed chances on climate action
In oral histories, senior Democrats recounted how climate legislation took a back seat to President Barack Obama’s signature health care…
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US, Argentina to cooperate, combat illegal Chinese fishing
Argentina, Chile and Peru have criticized Chinese-operated craft for large-scale invasive fishing in their territorial waters without regulation, which the…
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Why we can’t overlook people in addressing climate change
As an old king from the floodplains of the Kwando River in Angola used to say, “A landscape without people…
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