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Earth's Deepest Lake Is 'Seriously Ill'

Stretching for 395 miles, thirty-million-year-old Baikal is the world?s deepest lake, its volume roughly equivalent to the five Great Lakes of North America combined. A UNE...

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Environment

Climate Change Is Killing Us, Literally — And Here’s How

Climate change may be bad for people but it's good for bugs. Germs of all kinds, as well as mosquitoes and other disease carriers, will live longer in warmer weather becaus...

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Environment

Now Here’s Some Good News: Global Warming Emissions Could Actually Be In Decline

Scientists writing in the journal?Nature Climate Change?estimate?that for the first time in the last 15 years, global carbon dioxide emissions have flatlined, and possibly ...

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Aversion To Androgyny

Man’s contempt for that which he cannot understand is well documented throughout recorded history. Witch hunts, crusades, holy wars, inquisitions, imperialism and civ...

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Environment

At Least One Dead And 30 Missing After Oil Rig Catches Fire In The Caspian Sea

The rig reportedly went up in flames when a gas pipeline in the oil field was damaged in heavy wind. SOCAR, the Azerbaijani state energy company operating the rig, said oil...

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Environment

El Niño’s Causing Havoc Around The Globe — And Could Make 2015 The Hottest Year On Record

It’s too early to say whether year’s recurrence of El Niño will end up being the most powerful on record, but it’s expected to be among the top con...

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Environment

China's 'Airpocalypse' Prompts Official Pledge to Cut Pollution

China will lower emissions from major polluting power plants by 60 percent by 2020, Chinese officials announced on Wednesday. The commitment?comes amidst ongoing climate ch...

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Environment

With Protests Banned In Paris, Climate Activists Embrace Other Forms Of Expression.

According to organizers, 360 French and international civil society organizations will help bring the conference center to life during the two-week summit, which is expecte...

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France And India Look To The Sun To Save The Planet

France and India on Monday launched an international alliance seeking to mobilise more than a trillion dollars by 2030 and deliver clean, solar energy to some of ...

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Environment

Leaders Link Climate Change And Terrorism At Opening Of Paris Climate Summit

The goal of the?UN's 21st annual meeting on?climate change is?to securing an international pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep?global temperature rise...

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