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All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too
Researchers worry that microplastics may be messing with an important carbon sequestration process.
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‘We can’t recycle our way out’
From chemical recycling to plant-based alternatives, scientists size up the most promising solutions to plastic pollution.
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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills
Cars and highways are among the top contributors to ocean oil pollution, study finds.
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Is climate change to blame for the Pakistan floods? Here’s what we know.
New research finds it intensified rains by 50 percent but was hardly the only factor.
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The world may have already crossed 5 climate tipping points
A new study finds that 1.5 degrees of warming would cause irreversible changes.
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Study: Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ could retreat faster than expected
“Thwaites is really holding on today by its fingernails, and we should expect to see big changes over small timescales.”
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The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers
Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help.
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The most influential calculation in US climate policy is way off, study finds
Carbon emissions cost society at least three times more than the government's official estimate.
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The best-case scenario for Greenland ice melt just got worse
In a warming world, scientists keep needing to revise their projections.