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Outsmarting Polio

While a global campaign to vaccinate every child on the globe has reduced incidence of polio by 99 percent, wiping out the disease in the last handful of countries has prov...

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Environment

The Ocean Conditions That Are Bleaching the Great Barrier Reef May Be the New Normal in 20 Years

The coral bleaching that has devastated Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef — and been described as the most extreme event in the reef's history — would have ...

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Environment

Brutal Heat Wave In India Puts 330 Million To Risk

India is in the grips of a monstrous pre-monsoon heat wave that has killed more than 160 people in recent weeks. The majority of the deaths have been in the southern states...

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Environment

The World's Coral Reefs Are Undergoing A Massive Die-Off

For the picturesque coral colonies of the Earth's tropical oceans, it's as if the very water has betrayed them.The brilliant colors of the Great Barrier Reef and other swat...

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Lessons From Semi-Arid Regions On How To Adapt To Climate Change

Rising temperatures and more extreme, unpredictable climate events are making sustainable livelihoods tough for many people living in semi-arid regions of the world. To ada...

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Alternative Entertainment

Cli-Fi - The Hottest New Literary Genre

Apocalypse used to seem like a dubious future outcome, the stuff of Revelation or cheesy sci-fi movies. But if you are even grudgingly willing to acknowledge scientific evi...

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Environment

Coral Bleaching In The Great Barrier Reef Looks Like Climate Change

Here are two things that are not a coincidence: February was the hottest month in global history. And on March 21, Greg Hunt, the Australian environment minister, announced...

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Sustainable Development

Clean Energy Could Save Hundreds Of Billions In Health Costs Every Year

In Paris late last year, the countries of the world pledged to reduce emissions to keep global warming “well below a 2 degree Celsius” rise in global average te...

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Environment

Global Warming Prompts Farmers To Plant Fewer Crops

Rising global temperatures may have a far bigger impact on food production than previously thought according to a study of how farmers in Brazil have actually reacted to a ...

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Thought Factory

Nodes Of Exploitation And Discontent: Economy In Fallout

Coming from a limited understanding of economics it is difficult for me to comment on the social economic landscape that dominates international markets and the intricate f...

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