ScienceDaily: Whether it’s never-ending heat waves or winter storms, atmospheric blocking can have a significant…
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Acidified landscape around ocean vents foretells grim future for coral reefs
Guardian: Huge vents covering the sea-floor – among the strangest and most spectacular sights in…
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Geo-engineering: the planet’s savior or untested danger?
Agence France-Presse: US researchers are studying the steam from ships, condensation trails of airplanes and…
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Biotech firm launches new fuel enzyme
Independent (UK): A Danish biotechnology company on Tuesday launched a new enzyme which it said…
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Asia-produced ozone making its way to U.S., study finds
McClatchy Newspapers: A new study further bolsters concerns that pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean…
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Saving the Amazon may be the most cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions
LA Times: An hour outside Manaus, the Amazon’s biggest city, the blackened remains of a…
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Companies fund projects to preserve Amazon rain forest
LA Times: Deep in the Amazon, in a village accessible only by boat, river dwellers…
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Senate weighs final push to move climate bill
Reuters: A last-ditch attempt at passing a climate change bill begins in the Senate this…
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Australia: Go to plan B to limit costs of climate paralysis
Sydney Morning Herald: ISSUES of climate change and sustainability have been reduced to a political…
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U.S. turns to Sweden as model in nuclear waste storage
LA Times: If the United States is at a loss over what to do about…