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Biodegradable Plastic Is Bullshit
"The real bottom line is that biodegradable plastics aren't going to be a solution for reducing the impact of marine litter," Peter Kershaw, the report's author, said. "When y...
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At Least 97 Bodies Pulled From Landslide Near Jade Mine In Myanmar
The landslide happened when a mountain of mining debris gave way in the early hours of?Saturday?in Hpakant, an area that produces some of the world's highest-quality jade. The...
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A Big Earthquake Just Hit Oklahoma — And It Might Be the Oil Industry’s Fault
The quake struck at?1:42am?and was centered just southwest of Cherokee, Oklahoma, the US Geological Survey reported. It was the biggest to hit the area this year, but there we...
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Dwindling Snowpack Around The World Threatens The Water Supply For 2 Billion People
Scientists from Stanford University and Columbia University's Earth Institute?said?that if greenhouse gas emissions continue along their current trajectory, about 97 snow-depe...
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Unless Earth Is Hit By A Huge Asteroid, 2015 Will Likely Be The Hottest Year On Record
"This marked the sixth consecutive month a monthly global temperature record has been broken and was also the?greatest departure from average for any month?in the 1,630 months...
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Choking Air, Melting Glaciers: How Global Warming Is Changing India
Its Himalayan glaciers are melting fast, its agricultural heartland is drying up and its capital is choking on the world's filthiest air. Yet India's government is one of the ...
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This App Will Tell You Exactly How Much You’re Destroying the Planet
Rather, the primary obstacle to combating climate change remains social in nature, which is why a team of researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NT...
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The Dispersants Used After The BP Blowout Did More Harm Than Good
Chemical dispersants were supposed to make it easier for undersea bacteria to digest the oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Read More...
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China Is Tapping Tibetan Glaciers To Meet Growing Demand For Bottled Water
Driven both by convenience and concerns about the country's widespread pollution, the Chinese drank nearly 10.6 billion gallons of bottled water in 2013, the Hong Kong-based w...
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Even Glaciers Near The North Pole Are Melting
Jeremie Mouginot and his team reconstructed the shape and movements of the glacier to track how it has changed in geometry due to melting from below caused by warm water intru...
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