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Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone pesticide
The EPA extended its approval of the weed killer for two more years, despite scientists’ warnings.
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For geoengineers, a scientific existential crisis
Technofixes for the climate crisis are no one’s first choice. What is it like to study something you wish would disappear?
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The melting Arctic is revealing caveman-era landscapes
The last time Baffin Island was this warm our ancestors were hanging with Neanderthals
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Just a reminder: The world is perilously close to annihilation!
It's two minutes to Doomsday.
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The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water
More than any other region on Earth, the oceans hold the answers for our planet's future. And right now, their health is spectacularly failing.
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Ocean temps rising faster than scientists thought: Report
Scientists say the rate of ocean warming has led to more rain, increased sea levels, coral reef destruction and declining ocean oxygen levels.
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Doomsday in Antarctica just got postponed a little
If we act on climate change now, there's a chance we can avoid total collapse of massive Antarctic glaciers this century.
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Antarctic sea ice is ‘astonishingly’ low this melt season
The annual ice-free season began at the Ross Ice Shelf on New Year’s Day, the earliest time in history.
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Meet the Press just modeled what it looks like to take climate change seriously
On Sunday, the show did what no other weekend news program had ever done before: They discussed climate change for a full hour.
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As snow becomes scarce, scientists are making their own
Though controlling the weather may seem like the stuff of science fiction, the technology has been around for decades.
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