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Spain reeling from deadly floods that killed over 200 people

The co-founder of World Weather Attribution says “Europe still hasn’t accepted the realities of extreme weather”

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As the Southwest cooks from climate change, rising temperatures are a warning for everyone

For millions of Americans in the Southwest, the extreme heat from climate change is a literal life-and-death matter. Just ask Amy Dishion, whose...

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"Alarm bells ringing" as report finds greenhouse gas emissions growing faster than ever

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin earlier this week, reporting that humans are emitting carbon...

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Blood-sucking moths and flesh-eating birds: These are nature’s strangest vampires

In the 2008 film “Twilight,” a vampire describes the scent of blood as being “like a drug.” While in the world of fantasy, vampires may crave...

31.10.2024 7

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The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43%...

30.10.2024 3

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Volcanoes don't cause climate change — but it could be the other way around

A recent report from the Icelandic Meteorological Office suggests that magma is building up underground near a volcano known as Askja, a mountain...

29.10.2024 10

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Russia helped spread right wing misinformation during recent US hurricanes

Russia has helped spread false and misleading information on the internet about Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, two climate change-fueled...

25.10.2024 5

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82 Nobel Prize winners "strongly" endorse Harris

More than eighty Nobel Prize laureates published an open letter on Thursday declaring that the scientific policies of Vice President Kamala Harris are...

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"Universal suicide": An imprisoned climate activist on why the fight for the planet still matters

Many people don’t need something as dramatic as Hurricane Milton to tell them our climate is spiraling out of control. It’s evident everywhere,...

24.10.2024 10

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Climate change despair has never been higher — but experts say hope is still possible

Julie France is a 34-year-old Millennial in Denver, a high-altitude Colorado city theoretically safer than other places from one of the most...

22.10.2024 20

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Frog habitats are drying up due to climate change, study finds

A recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change found that severe increases in aridity caused by climate change is drying out frog habitats across...

22.10.2024 30

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How both employers and workers can succeed with ADHD in the workplace

Fitting in at work and surviving the corporate rat race is difficult on its own, but having a spectrum disorder such as attention deficit...

21.10.2024 10

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New York officials endorse prosecuting Big Oil for climate change

Prominent elected officials throughout New York State are endorsing a recent report that argues Big Oil should be held legally accountable for the...

21.10.2024 10

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As the ice caps melt, Antarctica is greening, alarming climate experts

The first color that comes to mind when thinking about Antarctica is a stark white, which makes sense, given the southernmost continent is generally...

19.10.2024 10

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Meteor shower to grace Earth this weekend. Here’s how to see it

The Orionids are back, promising views of a spectacular meteor shower this weekend. Stargazers can eagerly look skyward starting on Sunday and...

18.10.2024 10

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Fungi deserve same protections as plants and animals, conservationists argue

Fungi have a nasty reputation among humans. They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind,...

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Humans can smell much faster than we blink, study reveals

If you compare a human’s nose to a dog’s nose, the former usually comes up wanting. Canine noses are so sensitive, they can smell a human’s...

17.10.2024 7

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This is the election the founding fathers (sorta) envisioned

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills got the obvious out of the way when asked about what America's founding fathers would have thought of the...

11.10.2024 9

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Biden lashes back against Hurricane Milton misinformation as cleanup efforts begin

The record-breaking Hurricane Milton has left a massive path of devastation in its wake as it plowed through Florida into the Atlantic Ocean on...

11.10.2024 10

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Geomagnetic storm brings auroras, risk of power outages Thursday and Friday night

From the Quebec Blackout of 1989 to the historically intense Carrington Event 140 years earlier, geomagnetic storms are often...

10.10.2024 4

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Hurricane Milton is a major disaster — and more super-storms could be coming

With Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida on Wednesday evening, millions of Sunshine State residents have evacuated their homes or boarded up...

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Hurricane Milton's severity is fueled by climate change, experts say

Hurricane Milton is shattering records, becoming the fifth-strongest storm in the Atlantic Basin's recorded history by barometric pressure,...

08.10.2024 7

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Why the James Webb Space Telescope has been a gift to humanity

As the finger-like celestial objects seem to grasp into the heavens, the Pillars of Creation are almost impossible to adequately describe with human...

08.10.2024 7

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Climate change is jacking up insurance costs. Freak hurricanes like Helene only make it worse

Hurricane Helene, the climate change-fueled tropical cyclone that pummeled much of the American southeast in late September, has claimed more than 230...

08.10.2024 20

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"The Shining" is woke: Experts on race, Jewishness and toxic masculinity

Kevin Greutert's voice brims with enthusiasm as he vividly recalls the moment when he was introduced to "The Shining." He was a 14-year-old kid from...

07.10.2024 4

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President Biden declares emergency as Hurricane Milton strengthens into Category 5 storm

Just days after Hurricane Helene ravaged the southeastern United States, another major storm has formed: Hurricane Milton. Already, Milton was...

07.10.2024 6

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Can we trust polling data? Experts break down how this data works and why it matters

With less than a month to go before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, some polls show the race is essentially neck-and-neck for both candidates....

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Climate change-fueled heat wave sets records in California and Arizona in October

October is traditionally associated with cool autumn breezes, but a heat wave fueled by climate change in the West is defying that expectation by...

06.10.2024 10

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"The Apprentice" is an accurate origin story of Donald Trump's "wannabe fascism": historians

"The Apprentice" is the movie that Donald Trump does not want you to see, and it is easy to understand why. Despite taking creative liberties with the...

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Astronomers detect a planet near Barnard's star, which is relatively close to Earth

Barnard b may have an unassuming name, but the not-so-distant exoplanet is attracting excited attention from scientists. Newly discovered by...

04.10.2024 30

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JD Vance is wrong about climate science, experts say. It isn't "weird," it's overwhelmingly accurate

During Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Vance dismissed climate change as "weird...

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The Hurricane Helene devastation in Asheville confirms we can't hide from climate change

People are still reeling from the devastation Hurricane Helene left behind, with some wondering why the storm was so intense. At least 162 people were...

02.10.2024 30

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This famous hurricane-chasing weatherman says people are avoiding the ugly truth on climate change

Discussing the weather is one of the most politically neutral forms of small talk. Or, at least it was. As climate change has changed the frequency...

01.10.2024 30

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Sloths are straining under climate change, study finds

Sloths are among the most beloved of jungle animals. The famously sluggish and furry tree-dwellers are found throughout Central and South America,...

01.10.2024 7

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Inflated Jupiter-sized planet has a uniquely uneven atmosphere, study finds

Imagine a planet the size of Neptune, itself about four times the size of our home planet. Instead of orbiting our Sun, this exoplanet revolves around...

30.09.2024 4

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"Comet of the century" will be visible for first time in 80,000 years. Here's how to glimpse it

The passing of a comet can bring feelings of either dread or wonder. A mysterious celestial event known as the Star of Bethlehem — which was said to...

28.09.2024 40

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A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history

Climate change deniers inaccurately claim that Earth's rapidly rising temperatures are the mere product of natural cycles . Scientific experts...

24.09.2024 6

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New report accuses Citibank of funding fossil fuel projects amounting to environmental racism

While many approach the subject of fossil fuels through the lens of finance, science and politics, Roishetta Ozane, a Black single mother with six...

24.09.2024 6

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California is suing ExxonMobil, which is accused of lying about their plastic recycling

ExxonMobil, a fossil fuel company that conspicuously touts a commitment to fighting plastic pollution, is being sued by the State of California as of...

24.09.2024 10

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Autistic people are tired of the stigma and fetishization

Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham is an accomplished intellectual. Currently a postdoctoral research associate at Rhode Island's Brown University, Graham...

22.09.2024 10

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Trump is "weaponizing antisemitism" to win Jewish voters. Can it work?

Donald Trump made antisemitic comments at a pair of Jewish-hosted events on Thursday. One might expect this to hurt his chances among Republican...

22.09.2024 10

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Analysis reveals van Gogh's brilliant understanding of fluid dynamics in "The Starry Night"

When Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh produced "The Starry Night" in 1889, he is believed to have put paint to canvas to illustrate the chaotic...

20.09.2024 4

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Lunar guest: Earth is getting a second Moon for two months

Scientists aren't sure if 2024 PT5 is an asteroid. At roughly 10 meters in length, 2024 PT5 is difficult to spot without a telescope. Yet a new study...

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Federal plans to open up the desert for massive solar farms has angered environmentalists

Most people recognize that our current relationship with fossil fuels is untenable. The more we burn them, the faster we cook our planet, turning the...

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A black hole is literally "starving" a galaxy to death, new study reveals

For a galaxy at its age, Pablo's Galaxy is massive. Formed during an early period in the universe's history and officially known as GS-10578, Pablo's...

18.09.2024 9

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"Scuba-diving" lizard evolved bubble-breathing trick to dodge predators

When Dr. Lindsey Swierk studies water anoles in Central and South America, she can feel their presence even when she doesn't see them. The assistant...

18.09.2024 10

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"It's shocking": Experts ring the alarm on a "kind of dissonance" following thwarted attack on Trump

Even though the two would-be assassins were reportedly both former supporters of Donald Trump whose subsequent politics can be best described as...

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Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding

Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth...

14.09.2024 20

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Harris may have "won" the debate, but Americans "lost on fracking," climate experts say

Scientists overwhelmingly agree that as humans continue burning fossil fuels, our collective emissions of greenhouse gases are unnaturally warming the...

12.09.2024 5

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Death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to at least 226 people in Vietnam

Typhoon Yagi, the strongest tropical storm to impact Asia so far in 2024, has triggered landslides and flash floods that have killed at least 226...

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