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Scientists Are Using Sound To Unlock Our Planet’s Secrets

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Bogus Carbon Credits a 'Pervasive' Problem, Scientists Warn

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What New 'Doomsday' Thwaites Glacier Research Tells Us

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Whale Experts are Caught in a Wind Power Culture War

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A New Plan to Protect 30% of Land and Water by 2030

At COP15, a meeting focused on biodiversity, the convening countries agreed to a plan to protect 30% of land and water by 2030.

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World Is Set to Heat Up Above 2°C, UN Climate Report Warns

Experts say human-caused greenhouse gas emissions must halve by 2030, and be eliminated by mid-century, to keep warming below 2C by 2100.

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The Challenge of Relying on Trees To Slow Climate Change

The planet’s 4 billion hectares of forest absorb a net 7.6 billion metric tons of carbon each year—about 30% of what the world emits.

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Astronomy's Environmental Toll Is Surprisingly High. But There Are Ways to Clean It Up

Sky gazing does not come for free

By Jeffrey Kluger

The Amazon Rainforest is Speeding Toward Climate 'Tipping Point' Within Decades

A new study warns the Amazon could become a dry savanna within a few decades

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Increasing Arctic Fires Are Melting Permafrost That Keeps Carbon Underground

Few things signal something’s gone haywire on the planet quite like frozen land on fire. Now scientists have determined that Arctic fires, even milder ones, can reshape a landscape for decades, in ways that may...

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