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With the Amazon Rainforest burning away and sequestered carbon being released, the global environment is rapidly approaching the point of no return.

Scorched Earth Policies

The destruction of the Amazon could be a "doomsday bomb," causing planet-wide environmental destruction.

Scientists Warn Of "Cascading System Collapse" in Amazon Rainforest

Microplastic has been found in rainwater samples in the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that plastic pollution has spread much farther than expected.

Paging Captain Planet

"It's a part of our environment now."

Rain Clouds Are Dropping Microplastic on the Rocky Mountains

In three years, the Fukushima nuclear power plant will run out of space to store contaminated water, pushing officials to quicjly assemble a new plan.

Nuclear Spill

The plant is running out of space to store contaminated water.

In Three Years, Fukushima Could Overflow With Radioactive Water

If global temperatures reach two degrees Celsius about pre-industrial levels, 30,000 additional people will die in Chinese cities every year.

Watch The World Burn

Climate change comes with a very real death toll.

A Half-Degree Temperature Rise Will Kill 30,000 in China Per Year

A letter signed by 24 prominent scientists called on the U.N. to declare wartime destruction of the environment a war crime.

Fair Fight

The scientists want extra protections for wildlife living in warzones.

Scientists: Harming the Environment Should Be a War Crime

If our climate crisis continues unchecked, the global poor will face the greatest burden while the rich pay to escape the problem altogether.

Eat The Rich

A UN report predicts the global poor won't be able to escape the worst of the climate crisis.

"Climate Apartheid" Is Imminent. Only the Rich Will Survive.

Contrails given off by airplanes contribute more to global warming than we thought. By 2050, they'll warm the planet twice as much as the plane's emissions.

Contrail Conspiracy

The heat trapped by contrails will triple by 2050.

Airplane Contrails Might Actually be a Problem for the Environment

Sydney became the first major Australian city to declare a state of emergency to prevent the worst effects of climate change on Monday.

All Hands On Deck

The goal: 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.

Sydney Is in a State of Emergency to Fight Climate Change

Drastic Times

Jay Inslee's plan would end government subsidies while supporting workers.

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

An engineer found a way to turn juiced cactus leaves into a feasible substitute for plastic, and she wants to make biodegradable cutlery.

Cleaner Option

The eco-friendly material could replace single-use food packaging.

Scientists Make Fake, Biodegradable Plastic From Cactus Juice

Earlier this month, researchers from Australia's Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration published research containing a dire warning: prevent and reverse climate change or face the end of human civilization as we know it.

11:59:59

If human civilization is to survive, they'll have to do better.

Doomsday Report Author: Earth's Leaders Have Failed

As global temperatures rise, the Arctic is melting away, releasing more greenhouse gases and revealing previously-frozen nuclear waste and diseases.

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