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Global Temperatures Reached New Highs in 2017

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

By Claudia Geib

Europe Dramatically Accelerates Plans to Create a Coal-Free Continent

Europe Dramatically Accelerates Plans to Create a Coal-Free Continent

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The End of Plastic Has Officially Arrived

By Chelsea Gohd

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Cape Town Is Set to Run Out of Water in Less Than One Hundred Days

By Claudia Geib

Urban Farming Is the Future of Agriculture

Urban Farming Is the Future of Agriculture

By Patrick Caughill

Life At Sea? Six Futuristic Homes That Will Protect You From Climate Change

Life At Sea? Six Futuristic Homes That Will Protect You From Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

Lab-Grown Synthetic Nanobots May Officially End Antibiotic Resistance

Lab-Grown Synthetic Nanobots May Officially End Antibiotic Resistance

By Patrick Caughill

Five Ways Science Will Change The Way We Drink

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Five Ways Science Will Change The Way We Drink

By Victor Tangermann

Eight “Facts” about the Human Body Debunked by Science

Eight “Facts” about the Human Body Debunked by Science

By Kristin Houser

CERN Scientist on What Physicists Have Left to Discover After Higgs Boson

CERN Scientist on What Physicists Have Left to Discover After Higgs Boson

By Chelsea Gohd

These Science Cartoons Depict Our Terrifying and Thrilling Future

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These Science Cartoons Depict Our Terrifying and Thrilling Future

Combatting Climate Change Is “A Matter Of Survival” Says Fijian Minister

Combatting Climate Change Is “A Matter Of Survival” Says Fijian Minister

By Alexandra Ossola

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The World’s Biggest Smog Tower Offers Hope to Polluted Megacities in China

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Can Molten Salt Make 24-Hour Solar Energy Possible?

The Czech Republic May Be Getting Serious About Climate Change

The Czech Republic May Be Getting Serious About Climate Change

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Record Global Temperatures Drive Extreme Heatwaves in Oceans, Too

By Lou Del Bello

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Fracking Is Among the Most Harmful Forms of Energy Production, Study Finds

By Chelsea Gohd

China Is the New World Leader in Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

China Is the New World Leader in Renewable Energy

By Patrick Caughill

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Renewable Energy

New Report Predicts Renewable Energy Will be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels by 2020

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Renewable Energy

Chernobyl Is Being Transformed Into an Immense Renewable Energy Farm

By Chelsea Gohd

DNA of Man Who Died in 1827 Recreated Without His Remains

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DNA of Man Who Died in 1827 Recreated Without His Remains

By Chelsea Gohd

Renewable Energy is Great, But It Won’t Save Us

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy is Great, But It Won’t Save Us

By Jolene Creighton

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

By Chelsea Gohd

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Rising Clouds Could Spell Disaster for the World’s Tropical Forests

By Kristin Houser

Leaked Draft of Landmark Climate Change Report Pours Cold Water on 1.5°C Goal

By Lou Del Bello

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Climate Change Is Acidifying Our Lakes and Rivers the Same Way It Does With Oceans

By Chelsea Gohd

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Denmark Breaks Own Record for Electricity Generated via Wind Power

The UK Prime Minister Is Working to End Plastic Litter by 2042

The UK Prime Minister Is Working to End Plastic Litter by 2042

By Chelsea Gohd

Yes, Some Predict Twice As Many Earthquakes in 2018. No, You Shouldn’t Worry.

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Yes, Some Predict Twice As Many Earthquakes in 2018. No, You Shouldn’t Worry.

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By 2040, Hundreds of Millions May Be Affected By River Floods Across the World

Fast Radio Bursts Have a Unique Property That Can Help Us Determine Their Source

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Fast Radio Bursts Have a Unique Property That Can Help Us Determine Their Source

By Kristin Houser

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Sea Turtles Under Threat as Climate Change Turns Most Babies Female

By Patrick Caughill

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New York Sues Big Polluters and Divests Pension Funds From Fossil Fuels

A Deal Between a Chinese Smartphone Giant and AT&T Hit a Major Roadblock

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A Deal Between a Chinese Smartphone Giant and AT&T Hit a Major Roadblock

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Genetically Modified Algae Could Be Key to Tomorrow’s Bio Solar Cells

By Chelsea Gohd

Tesla’s Solar Roofing Tiles Have Officially Begun Production in Its Buffalo Factory

Tesla’s Solar Roofing Tiles Have Officially Begun Production in Its Buffalo Factory

By Patrick Caughill

This Year, We’ll See a Black Hole for the First Time in History

This Year, We’ll See a Black Hole for the First Time in History

By Kristin Houser

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Marine Food Webs Are on the Brink of Collapse Because of Climate Change

By Chelsea Gohd

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We Now Have Direct Proof That Human Activity Can Heal the Ozone Hole

By Chelsea Gohd

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For Coastal Communities, the 1.5C Climate Goal Is a Matter of Life or Death

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2017 Saw the Costliest Disasters in U.S. History

By Chelsea Gohd

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Get Involved: DataRescue Events Are Being Scheduled to Preserve Climate Data

By Jolene Creighton

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Last Year, Britain Generated Twice as Much Energy From Wind as Coal

By Chelsea Gohd

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks

By Chelsea Gohd

Research into the genome continually uncovers things we don't know.

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New Genome Research in Plants Could Help Fight Human Disease

By Chelsea Gohd

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time

By Kristin Houser

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This Inexpensive Battery Could Revolutionize the Clean Energy Industry

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”

By Claudia Geib

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US

By Chelsea Gohd

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Trump Gives Green Light for Offshore Drilling Near Every U.S. Coast

By Lou Del Bello

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DARPA and NASA Form a Partnership to Create New Satellites

By Chelsea Gohd

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California Is Officially Planning to Ban Polluting Cars by 2040

By Chelsea Gohd

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Science & Energy

Norway Gets the Go Ahead to Drill Into the Arctic

Cleaning up Coal May Buy Us Time as We Transition to Renewables

Cleaning up Coal May Buy Us Time as We Transition to Renewables

By Patrick Caughill

Beyond Mining: Blockchain Boosts Solar Exchange Markets

Beyond Mining: Blockchain Boosts Solar Exchange Markets

By Lou Del Bello

Parallel Universes Could Solve One of the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

Parallel Universes Could Solve One of the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

2017 Broke Another Heat Record — but There’s Hope for Future Years

2017 Broke Another Heat Record — but There’s Hope for Future Years

By Lou Del Bello

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DARPA Launches Subterranean Challenge to Improve Underground Ops

By Chelsea Gohd

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Climate Change Places a Major Economic Burden on Future Generations

By Chelsea Gohd

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Not All Geoengineering Is as Terrifying as You May Think

By Lou Del Bello

Renewable energy could be produced with nuclear fusion.

Renewable Energy

ITER Nuclear Reactor May Be The “Holy Grail” of Limitless Renewable Energy

Macro grids will solve some energy supply problems.

Renewable Energy

Macro Grids May Be the Future of Renewable Energy

By Lou Del Bello

Microbial life could travel through space via dust.

Science & Energy

Dust Collisions Could Transport Microbial Life to Other Planets

By Keith Cooper