Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline

The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...

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This lake in Canada just vanished. And it's not coming back. | Discover Wildlife

The breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf in the far north of Canada has led to the collapse of a unique Arctic ecosystem.

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Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

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From lake to table: Turning Minnesota's invasive crayfish into a local delicacy

Rusty crayfish have invaded more than 300 northern Minnesota lakes. Can Midwestern appetites help manage a destructive invasive species?

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How Companies Quietly Undercut Dissent - McCombs News and Magazine

A new theory maps a common playbook to prevent stakeholder activism from gaining momentum

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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says

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We just had the hottest August, hottest summer, and hottest year to date in U.S. history » Yale Climate Connections

NOAA data show unprecedented heat, as deepening drought, shrinking reservoirs, and a severe wildfire season underscore the growing impacts of a warming climate. Could El Niño bring some relief?

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NOAA is putting commercial fishing ahead of conservation

Critics say the new agenda could weaken science-based rules and marine protections.

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EV sales overtake petrol cars for the first time in Australia

EV sales have overtaken petrol cars for the first time in Australia, accounting for more than half of all new vehicle sales.

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Farmers Are Going Broke Amid Rising Gas Prices, While the Ag Secretary Profits Off Them - Inside Climate News

A new report finds that Trump is making millions off of his oil and gas stocks. His administration officials likely are, too.

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You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules

A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.

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Feds seek to ‘streamline’ Arctic oil permitting, ending environment studies of individual projects | Alaska Beacon

The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate the need for impact studies of individual NPA-A projects and guarantee swift permitting.

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El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds

“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”...

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Release of Nanoplastic and Microplastic from Polyethylene and Polylactic Acid Lined Single Use Paper Cups

Abstract. Biodegradable plastics are increasingly promoted as sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics; however, their potential to release microp

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Climate warming drives thermal shocks and accelerated freshwater habitat fragmentation - Nature Climate Change

Assessing 9,809 freshwater fish species globally, this study shows risk to a high proportion of species in the tropics, and severe extremes in non-tropical regions. Under high emissions, gradual warmi...

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Antarctic Sea‐Ice Extent Anomalies Impact Interannual Variability of Phytoplankton Chlorophyll‐a in Southern Ocean Frontal Zones

The relative decline of Antarctic SIE from 1998 to 2023 was ∼5× faster for the annual minimum (February) than for the annual maximum (September) Anomalies of annual phytoplankton Chl-a and 1-year...

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Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.

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Seoul to cover all sidewalks with shade by 2028 to combat heat waves

SEOUL - The Seoul metropolitan government announced Wednesday a sweeping urban initiative to provide continuous shaded paths across all city sidewalks starting in 2028, framing extreme heat as a criti...

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Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies

As summer heat intensifies in Japan, farmers are adapting by working through the night and before dawn.

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Trump administration moves to allow logging and road building across all national forests

The Forest Service has advanced a policy change to remove protections for road building and logging across 6 million Montana acres.

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What's the Deal With Toxic Algae?

It’s summer, prime season to play in rivers and lakes. Unfortunately, summer is also toxic algae season, which impacts our ability to enjoy our public waters. Toxic algae are actually a type of bacter...

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‘It’s one huge adventure playground’: readers’ best summer trips in the lakes and mountains of Europe

From the Alpine meadows of Bavaria to a pristine lake in Italy and the pilgrim routes of the Pyrenees, here are some of your favourite discoveries.

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Faster, bigger, more severe: Extreme wildfire spread sets the stage for forest ecosystem change in western and boreal North America

A relatively small number of rapidly spreading wildfire events burn disproportionately large areas. But beyond area burned, do fast fires produce distinct postfire ecological outcomes? Here, we measur...

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Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened

Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.

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California bans paraquat, highly toxic herbicide outlawed in more than 70 countries

State is US’s largest user of pesticide that is virtually proven to cause Parkinson’s disease

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Globally and intergenerationally unequal exposure to hourly heat extremes - Nature Climate Change

The authors quantify the global emergence of hourly heat extremes (HHEs), highlighting exposure overlooked by daily metrics. HHEs will increase fourfold by the end of the century under high emissions,...

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'Truly Devastating': Trump Ends Federal Funding for Key Arctic Climate Report | Common Dreams

"For two decades," said one of the report's authors, "it has documented conditions across the Arctic system, bringing together physical and social sciences with real-world observations/data and consis...

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The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets

Most of us aren't eating anywhere near enough vegetables, and we're suffering the health consequences.

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Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe

Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants

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Trump administration to pay German firm to halt US wind projects

The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.

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