Environment
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How Scientists Forecast Mount Pinatubo’s 1991 Eruption and Evacuated More Than 65,000 People
MANILA, October 6 — The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo inflicted an estimated $700 million in damages, a…
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Fijian Climate Activist Lavenia Naivalu Presses for Action Ahead of Pacific Talks Before COP31
FIJI, October 2 — Leaders and delegates from Australia, Germany, Mexico, and Thailand will meet in Fiji and…
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Peatlands Store More Carbon Than Forests, but Drainage and Mining Keep Damaging Them
ASTANA, September 29 — Peatlands, covering approximately 3% of Earth’s land, are estimated to store an estimated 550…
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Line 5 Tunnel Under the Straits of Mackinac: Federal Permit Granted, State Approval Challenged
LANSING, July 17 — The technical reality of the Line 5 pipeline, which pushes up to 540,000 barrels…
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USAID Dismantling Stalls Conservation, Leaves 100 Projects Seeking Funding
WASHINGTON, September 27 — The cancellation of more than 5,200 U.S. foreign assistance contracts has stalled conservation work…
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Caves, Rainforests and Stars: Exploring Kuala Lumpur’s Scientific Side
Kuala Lumpur’s gleaming skyline and bustling shopping districts often steal the spotlight, but beyond the city’s modern façade…
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US Contractors Tied to Brazilian Tin in Illegal Amazon Mining
BRASÍLIA, September 24 — A Brazilian tin producer accused of buying illegally mined cassiterite from the Yanomami Indigenous…
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Cascadia Quake Could Cost 30,000 Lives and $81 Billion, Virginia Tech Study Finds
SEATTLE, September 23 — Emergency management officials and scientists across the Pacific Northwest are warning coastal communities about…
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WMO: Recent water trends have serious future implications
GENEVA, September 23 — The World Meteorological Organization published its State of Global Water Resources report on September…
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Army Corps Starts Environmental Impact Statement for Trilogy Metals’ Arctic Mine in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, September 22 — Trilogy Metals Inc. said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published a notice…
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GBIF Turns 25: The Open Database Behind Biodiversity Science Worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 — Two billion. That is the number of species occurrence records now housed in…
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EPA Repeals Power Plant Carbon Rules, and the Savings Claim Hides Costs
WASHINGTON, September 1 — The White House has initiated a formal review of a supplemental proposal aimed at…
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Papua New Guinea Hit by Magnitude 6.4 Quake on Ring of Fire
PORT MORESBY, September 21 — A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea at 9:17 a.m. UTC, the…
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EPA Repeals Power Plant Emissions Limits, Undoing Climate Rules
HOUSTON, September 14 — The United States Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit…
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AP-NORC Poll Finds 53 Percent of Americans Concerned About AI Environmental Impact
WASHINGTON, September 19 — A new poll finds that 53% of Americans are extremely or very concerned about…
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Environmental, Health Groups Sue Trump Administration Over EPA Power Plant Rule
WASHINGTON, September 19 — A coalition of environmental and public health organizations sued the Trump administration on September…
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UNESCO Warns Mediterranean Tsunami Risk Near 100 Percent Over Next 30 Years
PARIS, September 13 — UNESCO has warned that the probability of a tsunami wave exceeding 1 meter somewhere…
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USC study quantifies aluminum oxide pollution from satellite reentries
LOS ANGELES, July 7 — The aluminium oxides that flake off satellites as they burn up on reentry…
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Indonesian Wildfires Blanket Southeast Asia in Toxic Haze
JAKARTA, Sept 6 — A thick blanket of toxic haze is again smothering large parts of Southeast Asia,…
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Himalayan Communities Face Cascading Threats as Mountains Thaw
KATHMANDU, Sept 2 — A glacier break in Nepal on Wednesday unleashed a flood described as a “mud…
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Starlink Passes 10,000 Satellites, and the Daily Reentries Worry Ozone Scientists
LOS ANGELES, July 7 — A 2024 study from the University of Southern California, published in Geophysical Research…
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Lake Mead Hits Historic Lows as Colorado River Water Dispute Grows
BOULDER CITY, Nev., July 26 — The white band of mineral deposits on the canyon walls above Lake…
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Northern Sea Route Cargo Is Growing, but Experts Doubt It Can Rival Suez
MOSCOW, July 18 — Against the backdrop of shifting global trade routes and accelerating Arctic ice melt, the…
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Energy Expert Reframes Debate as False Choices Between Growth and Environment
Scott W. Tinker walked into a debate that has been stuck for years. He came out with a…
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