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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
Exposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/kids-born-today-are-going-to-grow-up-in-a-hellscape-grim-climate-study-finds
7 months ago
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Plants Stopped Thriving When Earth Warmed 56 Million Years Ago
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Plants Stopped Thriving When Earth Warmed 56 Million Years Ago
Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter.
https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-stopped-thriving-when-earth-warmed-56-million-years-ago
about 16 hours ago
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Coral reefs have fuelled severe global warming in Earth's past
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Coral reefs have fuelled severe global warming in Earth's past
Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506525-coral-reefs-have-fuelled-severe-global-warming-in-earths-past/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
about 19 hours ago
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This Overlooked Rock Stores 40 Times More Carbon Than We Thought
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https://scitechdaily.com/this-overlooked-rock-stores-40-times-more-carbon-than-we-thought/
about 22 hours ago
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Hole in Antarctic ozone layer shrinks to smallest since 2019, scientists say
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Hole in Antarctic ozone layer shrinks to smallest since 2019, scientists say
EUâs Copernicus monitoring service hails âreassuring signâ of progress observed this year in holeâs size and duration
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/01/hole-in-ozone-layer-antarctica-smallest-since-2019-scientists-copernicus-eu
1 day ago
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African Forests Have Become a Source of Carbon Emissions
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African Forests Have Become a Source of Carbon Emissions
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/african-forests-carbon-source
1 day ago
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The Oceans Are Going to Riseâbut When?
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The Oceans Are Going to Riseâbut When?
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happenâand how fastâis anything but settled.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-oceans-are-going-to-rise-but-when/
2 days ago
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New Study Warns: By 2100, Coral Reefs Could Be Overtaken by Algae
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https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-warns-by-2100-coral-reefs-could-be-overtaken-by-algae/
2 days ago
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Massive climate-induced earthquakes are brewing beneath our biggest cities. Are we prepared?
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Massive climate-induced earthquakes are brewing beneath our biggest cities. Are we prepared? | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Climate change isnât just warming the planet; itâs shaking Earthâs foundations
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/massive-climate-induced-earthquakes
3 days ago
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New Study Reveals the Hidden Source of Rainfall That Could Make or Break Global Crops
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https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-reveals-the-hidden-source-of-rainfall-that-could-make-or-break-global-crops/
4 days ago
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Africaâs Forests Are Flipping From Carbon Shield To Carbon Source
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https://scienceblog.com/africas-forests-are-flipping-from-carbon-shield-to-carbon-source/
4 days ago
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Africaâs forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb
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Africaâs forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb
Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being a carbon sink to a carbon source in 2010 to 2017
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506287-africas-forests-are-now-emitting-more-co2-than-they-absorb/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
4 days ago
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Even Cooling the Planet May Not Save Your Coffee, Wine, and Chocolate
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https://scitechdaily.com/even-cooling-the-planet-may-not-save-your-coffee-wine-and-chocolate/
5 days ago
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Emergency response needed to prevent climate breakdown, warn experts
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Emergency response needed to prevent climate breakdown, warn experts
Scientists sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of continued inaction at a briefing in London, warning that we could be heading for "unprecedented societal and ecological collapse"
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506263-emergency-response-needed-to-prevent-climate-breakdown-warn-experts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
5 days ago
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Warming and droughts led to collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation
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Warming and droughts led to collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation
Hotter temperatures and a series of droughts in what is now Pakistan and India fragmented one of the worldâs major early civilisations, providing a "warning shot" for today
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506112-warming-and-droughts-led-to-collapse-of-the-indus-valley-civilisation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
5 days ago
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This yearâs UN climate talks avoided fossil fuels, again
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This yearâs UN climate talks avoided fossil fuels, again
Why canât world leaders acknowledge that fossil fuels are the leading contributor to climate change?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/27/1128443/climate-talks-fossil-fuels/
5 days ago
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Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP
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Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP
As action from the U.N.âs huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/3-ideas-combat-climate-change-cop-30-un
6 days ago
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Changes in solar energy fuelled high speed evolutionary changes, study suggests
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Changes in solar energy fuelled high speed evolutionary changes, study suggests
Cause of oxygen fluctuations that drove explosion of weird and wonderful inhabitants 500m years ago linked to changes in Earthâs orbit
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/26/changes-in-solar-energy-fuelled-high-speed-evolutionary-changes-study-suggests
6 days ago
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World's Mountains Warming Faster Than Lowlands
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World's Mountains Warming Faster Than Lowlands
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/mountain-warming
7 days ago
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NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992
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NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992 - NASA Science
The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century. The hole this year was the fifth smallest since 1992, the year a landmark...
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-noaa-rank-2025-ozone-hole-as-5th-smallest-since-1992/
8 days ago
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U.N. Climate Talks End Without Plan to Wean Off Fossil Fuels
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U.N. Climate Talks End Without Plan to Wean Off Fossil Fuels
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/cop30-brazil-final-agreement
8 days ago
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COP30 keeps climate cooperation alive but hanging by a thread
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COP30 keeps climate cooperation alive but hanging by a thread
The 194 countries still taking part in UN climate negotiations reaffirmed the Paris Agreement following the US withdrawal, even if they agreed on little else
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505518-cop30-keeps-climate-cooperation-alive-but-hanging-by-a-thread/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
8 days ago
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COP30 In Brazil Highlights Global Climate Challenges and Indigenous voices
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COP30 In Brazil Highlights Global Climate Challenges and Indigenous voices
A new study finds that fluoride is safe for kidsâ brainâand linked to slightly better test scores.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/cop30-in-brazil-highlights-global-climate-challenges-and-indigenous-voices/
8 days ago
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Worse Than Predicted: Coastal Waters Are Acidifying at an Alarming Rate
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https://scitechdaily.com/worse-than-predicted-coastal-waters-are-acidifying-at-an-alarming-rate/
8 days ago
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Broken Seafloor Mountains Become Earthâs Hidden Carbon Sponge
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https://scienceblog.com/broken-seafloor-mountains-become-earths-hidden-carbon-sponge/
8 days ago
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U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels
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https://www.npr.org/2025/11/22/nx-s1-5615207/u-n-climate-talks-end-cop30-brazil
10 days ago
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Antarcticaâs Fastest Glacier Collapse on Record Alarms Scientists
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https://scitechdaily.com/antarcticas-fastest-glacier-collapse-on-record-alarms-scientists/
10 days ago
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The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog
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The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-climate-paradox-of-having-a-dog/
10 days ago
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Earthâs Largest Natural Carbon Sink Is Being Thrown Off Balance, and Scientists Are Worried
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https://scitechdaily.com/earths-largest-natural-carbon-sink-is-being-thrown-off-balance-and-scientists-are-worried/
10 days ago
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Undersea âstormsâ are melting the âdoomsdayâ glacierâs ice shelf
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Undersea âstormsâ are melting the âdoomsdayâ glacierâs ice shelf
Spinning vortices of water trapped under the Thwaites glacier ice shelf account for 20 per cent of the ice melt. Theyâre expected to get worse as the world warms
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505394-undersea-storms-are-melting-the-doomsday-glaciers-ice-shelf/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
11 days ago
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European Service Will Investigate Role of Warming in Weather Disasters
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New European Service Will Investigate Role of Warming in Weather Disasters
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-attribution-service
11 days ago
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Fire prompts evacuations at U.N. climate talks in Brazil; 13 suffer smoke inhalation
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https://www.npr.org/2025/11/20/g-s1-98669/fire-united-nations-climate-talks-brazil-cop30
12 days ago
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Tracking Mars' Ice Ages From Space
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Tracking Mars' Ice Ages From Space
Travelling up from Marsâs equator towards its north pole, we find Coloe Fossae: a set of intriguing scratches within a region marked by deep valleys, speckled craters, and signs of an ancient ice age.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/tracking-mars-ice-ages-from-space
12 days ago
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Cars are getting bigger. This is a problem for us and for the planet
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Cars are getting bigger. This is a problem for us and for the planet
Sport utility vehicles and other larger cars are becoming more and more common, and this is dangerous for our health in many ways. But we have ways to counter "carspreading", says Anthony Laverty
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835701-100-cars-are-getting-bigger-this-is-a-problem-for-us-and-for-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
12 days ago
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âChunks of earth just disappearâ: life on a collapsing island â podcast
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âChunks of earth just disappearâ: life on a collapsing island â podcast
As the Cop30 climate talks continue in Brazil, Madeleine Finlay hears about a landscape at the opposite end of the planet facing the direct impacts of the climate crisis. The Guardian reporter Leyland...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2025/nov/20/chunks-of-earth-just-disappear-life-on-a-collapsing-island-podcast
12 days ago
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Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
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Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505120-climate-heating-has-reached-even-deepest-parts-of-the-arctic-ocean/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
13 days ago
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Scientists Warn: âAlmost Half of the Beaches Will Disappear by the End of the Centuryâ
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https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-almost-half-of-the-beaches-will-disappear-by-the-end-of-the-century/
13 days ago
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The Safety Net Is Snapping: Satellites Reveal Accelerating Decay of âDoomsday Glacierâ
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https://scitechdaily.com/the-safety-net-is-snapping-satellites-reveal-accelerating-decay-of-doomsday-glacier/
13 days ago
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Underwater Forests Return to Life off the Coast of California, and That Might be Good News for the Entire Planet
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/underwaer-forests-return-life-coast-california-might-be-good-news-entire-planet-180987639/
13 days ago
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3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
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https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5593087/climate-tipping-points-cop30-brazil-coral-glaciers-carbon
13 days ago
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One Week Of Deadly Heat Could Match COVIDâs Worst Weeks In Europe, Climate Study Warns
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One Week Of Deadly Heat Could Match COVID's Worst Weeks In Europe, Climate Study Warns
New research shows historic European heat waves could kill 32,000 in a week at 3°C warming, matching COVID's deadliest weeks.
https://studyfinds.org/one-week-of-deadly-heat-could-match-covids-worst-weeks-in-europe/
14 days ago
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Clean Air Regulations May Have Accelerated Ocean Warming
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Clean Air Regulations May Have Accelerated Ocean Warming
Cleaner air reduced cloud brightness over key ocean regions, allowing more sunlight through and potentially speeding regional ocean warming.
https://studyfinds.org/clean-air-regulations-may-have-accelerated-ocean-warming/
14 days ago
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Oceans Hold Enormous Carbon Potential, But We Are Nowhere Near Ready
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https://scienceblog.com/oceans-hold-enormous-carbon-potential-but-we-are-nowhere-near-ready/
15 days ago
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Life-saving research on extreme heat comes under fire
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Life-saving research on extreme heat comes under fire
The Trump administrationâs cuts to heat research come at a time when climate change is making extreme heat waves more common and intense.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/extreme-heat-climate-change-research
15 days ago
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Scientists Warn Ocean Carbon Removal Could Backfire Without Better Oversight
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https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-ocean-carbon-removal-could-backfire-without-better-oversight/
15 days ago
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Nearly Half Of The Worldâs Beaches Could Vanish Soon
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https://scienceblog.com/nearly-half-of-the-worlds-beaches-could-vanish-soon/
17 days ago
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Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current
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Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current
Greenlandâs melt is expected to slow the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but research suggests a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet could in some cases prevent it from shutting down
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504527-rapid-melt-from-antarctica-could-help-preserve-crucial-ocean-current/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
18 days ago
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Ancient Arctic Shores Reveal A Rapid Rebirth Of Life After Earths Greatest Dying
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https://scienceblog.com/ancient-arctic-shores-reveal-a-rapid-rebirth-of-life-after-earths-greatest-dying/
18 days ago
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Growth of Wind and Solar Keeping Fossil Power in Check
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Growth of Wind and Solar Keeping Fossil Power in Check
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/wind-solar-power-2025
18 days ago
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Climate Plans Focus on Planting Trees, Not Protecting Forests, Experts Warn
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Climate Plans Focus on Planting Trees Over Protecting Forests, Experts Warn
Published at the Yale School of the Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-plans-forests-tree-planting
19 days ago
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Fossil fuel emissions rise again â but China's are levelling off
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Fossil fuel emissions rise again â but China's are levelling off
Global emissions from fossil fuels are expected to hit another record high in 2025, but Chinaâs carbon emissions appear to be reaching a peak
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504092-fossil-fuel-emissions-rise-again-but-chinas-are-levelling-off/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
20 days ago
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