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- Within the voluminous report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published on Sept. 27 is a conclusion as sobering as any climate change warning to date.
- Toxic chemicals in common household products have been inspiring fiery debates in classrooms and legislative chambers around the country. Now the discussion is about to take life in a new venue: the silver screen.
- In the era of the Internet, the government's decision to shut down access to websites and data sets has made research difficult for many weather and climate researchers.
- Four days into the U.S. government shutdown, the Blame Canada meme popped up Friday with suggestions Ottawa may be meddling in Washington’s fiscal nightmare to advance its perennial quest for a new oil pipeline.
- Over the past decade, algal blooms have been common in Lake Erie. And scientists predict climate change could make the problem worse.
- Dinophysis – a toxin produced by a certain type of algae – has been found around the world and documented in Northwest waters for decades. But scientists think it’s becoming more toxic as ocean conditions change, in part due to climate change.
- As the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its latest mega-report, averring a 95 percent certainty that humans are heating up the planet, there’s an unavoidable subtext: The growing number of humans on the planet in...
- Transportation officials from around the world on Friday reached a preliminary agreement to develop global rules by the end of the decade that would control airline emissions. The action by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United...
- Much of the coal China burns comes from Australia. The new Prime Minister down under intends to repeal Australia's carbon tax, leaving many worried about the country’s contribution to climate change.
- “I don’t use the A/C. I have fans. I pull the hair dryer out of the socket. I’m going to switch to energy-efficient light bulbs,” said Dirige, a San Diego-area resident and president of Kalusugan Community Services, a nonprofit health and wellness...
- Scientist and explorer Sylvia Earle warns that the oceans are "not too big to fail." But she also says that just maybe, we're growing wise enough to save them.
- A Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group has sued the University of Arizona demanding the release of a cache of documents — including two professors’ emails — related to climate change and global warming.
- A few weeks ago, a group of scientists led by David T. Allen of the University of Texas published an important, peer-reviewed paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It concluded that the methane leakage during the production...
- According to a report published in January by the Climate Commission – a state-funded research group disbanded last month by the newly elected conservative government – the increase in extreme fire weather in southeastern Australia has coincided...
- Tired of hearing about wastewater, runoff, fertilizers and nutrient pollution of the ground water? Well, there are nearly undetectable and untreated chemicals in the groundwater to worry about as well: drugs used and unused, pesticides, fire...
- A proposed copper-nickel mine in northeast Minnesota would generate water pollution for up to 500 years and require billions of dollars in long-term cleanup costs, state regulators have concluded as they near a key stage in the project’s review.
- When it comes to zeroing in on nectar-rich flowers, worker honeybees rely heavily on their expert sense of smell. But new research suggests pollution from diesel exhaust may fool the honeybee's "nose," making their search for staple flowers all the...
- Dinophysis – a toxin produced by a certain type of algae – has been found around the world and documented in Northwest waters for decades. But scientists think it’s becoming more toxic as ocean conditions change, in part due to climate change.
- In the southeast Los Angeles County town of Maywood, people have long complained about tap water that comes out of the faucet yellowed and smelling of rotten eggs. Now, there’s a bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature that could provide the...
- A Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group has sued the University of Arizona demanding the release of a cache of documents — including two professors’ emails — related to climate change and global warming.
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