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Sexy Species Died Off Quicker. That Has Conservationists Worried.

Sexy Species Died Off Quicker. That Has Conservationists Worried.

By Dan Robitzski

Antarctica Saw More Snowfall Over Past 200 Years. Sounds Like Good News… But It’s Not

Antarctica Saw More Snowfall Over Past 200 Years. Sounds Like Good News… But It’s Not

By Claudia Geib

Apple to the EPA: Leave Obama’s Clean Power Plan Alone

Apple to the EPA: Leave Obama’s Clean Power Plan Alone

By Kristin Houser

Shocker: Efforts to Make Oceans Cleaner Are Working (When You Aren’t Sabotaging Them)

Shocker: Efforts to Make Oceans Cleaner Are Working (When You Aren’t Sabotaging Them)

By Claudia Geib

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches

By Claudia Geib

Cape Town Is Running Out of Water. Can We Prevent A Global Crisis?

Cape Town Is Running Out of Water. Can We Prevent A Global Crisis?

By Claudia Geib

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

By Claudia Geib

Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent Than Ever

Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent Than Ever

By Kristin Houser

To Save Polar Glaciers, Scientists Recommend Ludicrous Schemes

To Save Polar Glaciers, Scientists Recommend Ludicrous Schemes

By Lou Del Bello

Governments Are Insuring Coral Reefs. That May Be Enough to Save Them.

Governments Are Insuring Coral Reefs. That May Be Enough to Save Them.

By Claudia Geib

You’re Probably Drinking Microplastics With Your Bottled Water

You’re Probably Drinking Microplastics With Your Bottled Water

By Alexandra Ossola

New Climate Report Forthcoming, Despite Trump’s Climate Change Views

New Climate Report Forthcoming, Despite Trump’s Climate Change Views

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change

US Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That’s Bad News for the Planet

US Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That’s Bad News for the Planet

By Claudia Geib

If the Ocean Continues to Warm, Fish May No Longer Be on the Menu

If the Ocean Continues to Warm, Fish May No Longer Be on the Menu

By Claudia Geib

To Slow Melting, Residents Resort to Wrapping a Glacier in Blankets

To Slow Melting, Residents Resort to Wrapping a Glacier in Blankets

Goodyear’s Moss-Filled Tires Are Here to Save the Environment

Goodyear’s Moss-Filled Tires Are Here to Save the Environment

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A Bacteria Is Making Sunscreen Safe for You and the Environment

Cape Town Has More Time to Solve Its Water Crisis. How Will It Use It?

Cape Town Has More Time to Solve Its Water Crisis. How Will It Use It?

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

By Kristin Houser

Why Are British Beaches Littered With Dying Marine Life? 3 Things You Need to Know.

Why Are British Beaches Littered With Dying Marine Life? 3 Things You Need to Know.

By Chelsea Gohd

SUV Sales Rise Worldwide, Despite Their Effect on Climate

SUV Sales Rise Worldwide, Despite Their Effect on Climate

By Lou Del Bello

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Three Reasons Scientists Are Freaked out by Crazy-High Arctic Temperatures

Cities Can Now Ban Diesel Vehicles, German Court Says

Cities Can Now Ban Diesel Vehicles, German Court Says

NOAA’s Satellite Could Track Extreme Weather Resulting From Climate Change

NOAA’s Satellite Could Track Extreme Weather Resulting From Climate Change

By Claudia Geib

A Startup Could Reveal How Climate Change Will Affect Your Business in 50 Years

A Startup Could Reveal How Climate Change Will Affect Your Business in 50 Years

By Patrick Caughill

Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment

Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment

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Activists Are Suing Governments Over the State of the Environment — and Winning

Oddly Enough, More Snow in Antarctica Could Slow Rising Sea Levels

Oddly Enough, More Snow in Antarctica Could Slow Rising Sea Levels

By Lou Del Bello

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The Seabin Will Start Cleaning Australian Waterways in March

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Bad News: The Amazon Might Be Past the Point of Saving

By Chelsea Gohd

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Taiwan Commits to Banning Plastic Items by 2030

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Microplastics Endanger All Marine Life, From Fish to Top Predators

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Today’s Delays in Addressing CO2 Emissions Could Influence Sea Levels for Centuries

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Trump’s “Skinny Budget” Slashes Funding for Health, Energy, and Environmental Agencies

Extreme Weather Is the Biggest Risk for Humanity in 2018, Say World Leaders

Extreme Weather Is the Biggest Risk for Humanity in 2018, Say World Leaders

Some of the Ozone Layer Is Still Thinning, Thanks to a Surprise Chemical

Some of the Ozone Layer Is Still Thinning, Thanks to a Surprise Chemical

It’s Great That Supermarkets Are Cutting Plastic Waste. But That’s Not Going to Solve the Problem.

It’s Great That Supermarkets Are Cutting Plastic Waste. But That’s Not Going to Solve the Problem.

By Kristin Houser

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Chemicals Like Perfume Produce as Much Air Pollution as Cars

By Chelsea Gohd

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China Will Plant 32,400 Square Miles of Trees to Combat Air Pollution

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Climate Change is Causing Bats to Migrate Earlier in the Year

Climate Change Could Be Making Our Food Less Nutritious

Climate Change Could Be Making Our Food Less Nutritious

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Coral is Dying Globally. But We Can Save Some Reefs From Total Destruction.

By Lou Del Bello

Chicago Climate Charter Signed by Dozens of North American Mayors

Chicago Climate Charter Signed by Dozens of North American Mayors

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Blue Planet II Has Inspired the BBC to Ban All Plastic Containers and Utensils by 2020

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To Reduce Air Pollution, Germany Will Test Free Public Transportation in Some Cities

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More Storms May Be Inevitable If We Don’t Meet The Goals Of the Paris Accord

By Claudia Geib

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Another Victim of Climate Change: Ubiquitous Canola Oil

By Chelsea Gohd

The World’s Coasts May Be Drowning Under Rising Seas Faster Than We Thought

The World’s Coasts May Be Drowning Under Rising Seas Faster Than We Thought

By Lou Del Bello

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Are Delivery Drones Actually Better for the Environment?

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Robert De Niro Says the U.S. Replaced Science With Ignorance. And He’s Right.

By Jolene Creighton

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California Takes a Stand Against Trump’s Offshore Oil Plan

By Lou Del Bello

The Ozone Layer is Not Recovering and We Don’t Know Why

The Ozone Layer is Not Recovering and We Don’t Know Why

Have Companies Really Done Enough to Bring An End To Deforestation?

Have Companies Really Done Enough to Bring An End To Deforestation?

By Claudia Geib

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More Americans Are Working From Home — And It’s Better for the Environment

In Extreme Heat, Trees Stop Sucking Carbon From the Air

In Extreme Heat, Trees Stop Sucking Carbon From the Air

By Chelsea Gohd

Mega Cities Poised to Become the Hottest and Most Dangerous Places Under Climate Change

Mega Cities Poised to Become the Hottest and Most Dangerous Places Under Climate Change

Farming Has a Huge Impact on the Environment. Enter Carbon Trapping.

Farming Has a Huge Impact on the Environment. Enter Carbon Trapping.

President Trump Aims to ‘Eliminate’ the Clean Water Rule Through an Executive Order

President Trump Aims to ‘Eliminate’ the Clean Water Rule Through an Executive Order

By Kelsey R. Marquart

Is Pollution Artificially Shielding Us From Climate Change?

Is Pollution Artificially Shielding Us From Climate Change?

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An Ocean of Plastic Is Choking the World’s Most Precious Coral Reefs

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Even If We Stick to Our Climate Goals, the Paris Agreement Will Deliver a Drier World

By Lou Del Bello

Reversing Climate Change With Geoengineering Could Leave the Planet Worse Off

Reversing Climate Change With Geoengineering Could Leave the Planet Worse Off

Scientists Announce That The Great Barrier Reef is Officially “Terminal”

Scientists Announce That The Great Barrier Reef is Officially “Terminal”

By June Javelosa