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AI warns scientists of looming critical threshold approaching fast

Based on the models given to it, artificial intelligence has informed a team of scientists that Earth is approaching a critical threshold.

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Forests are now growing larger and faster due to more carbon dioxide

A new Ohio State University study has shown that trees are growing significantly larger due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Massive 'Doomsday Glacier' is hanging on 'by its fingernails'

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, is 'holding on today by its fingernails' as it continues to melt into the ocean.

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Experts fire back at Elon Musk over his claims on humanity's collapse

Experts have fired back at SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently claimed that population collapse is a bigger threat than global warming.

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Elon Musk warns of bigger threat to civilization than climate change

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned his 100+ million Twitter followers about what is a greater threat to civilization than climate change.

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Tracks from huge dinosaurs revealed as river dries up

Newly uncovered dinosaur tracks have been exposed in a river bed in Texas' Dinosaur Valley State Park, belonging to the Acrocanthosaurus and Sauroposeidon.

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Live bomb from WWII revealed as drought lowers water levels

A half-ton WWII-era bomb has been unearthed due to severe drought conditions along the Po river in Italy dropped the water level.

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Bodies and more surface as largest US reservoir hits all-time-low

The United States' largest reservoir has dropped to its lowest water levels since it was first filled, revealing bodies and more.

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Earth's next mass extinction now has a new timeline

Scientists believe the Sixth Mass Extinction event is already underway, but it could take longer than initially thought to peak.

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UK records hottest ever day and night as 'heat apocalypse' continues

The ongoing European heat wave has seen the United Kingdom record its hottest-ever night, followed by its hottest-ever day.

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MIT believes its 'space bubbles' could reverse climate change

The MIT Senseable City Lab's new 'space bubble' climate solution involves blocking solar radiation in space from reaching Earth.

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Supreme Court ruling cripples US government ability to limit emissions

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict emissions.

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New carbon capture system has 99% efficiency, and is twice as fast

Researchers from Japan have created a new direct air capture system that can change 99% of carbon dioxide in the air into a solid.

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3,400-year-old city from ancient empire revealed as river level drops

A 3400-year-old Bronze Age city from the Mitanni Empire era has emerged from the Mosul reservoir in Iraq as the water levels drop.

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WMO says Earth has a '50:50 chance' of breaching temperature milestone

The World Meteorological Organization says there is a ~50% chance the annual average global temperature exceeds 1.5°C soon.

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The world experiences up to 500 major disasters annually, more to come

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has released its latest Global Assessment Report, GAR2022.

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1,000+ scientists from around the world unanimously risked arrest

Over 1,000 scientists and researchers from around the world have risked arrest by committing civil disobedience last week.

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Solar panels able to generate electricity at night with new technology

New solar panel technology developed by researchers from Stanford University uses infrared radiation to generate electricity.

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'Now or never' warns UN to avoid catastrophe in new climate report

The latest installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's climate report has dropped, and the situation is dire.

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This country will ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035

To combat climate change impacts due to vehicles with combustion engines, Canada is banning new sales of these vehicles by 2035.

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Massive Antarctic ice shelf just collapsed, in previously stable area

An ice shelf spanning 460 square miles separating the Conger and Glenzer glaciers from warmer waters in Antarctica has collapsed.

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This world-first project is producing gasoline from carbon dioxide

A project developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics can produce gasoline exceeding 90 octane from carbon dioxide.

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Global carbon dioxide emissions rebounded to highest ever in 2021

Carbon dioxide emissions from energy production reached their highest ever levels in 2021, rising to more than 36 billion tonnes.

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New UN report stresses 'grave and mounting threat' from climate change

The second installment of the UN IPCC's sixth climate change assessment stresses the necessity of action before it is too late.

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World's top banks' financing of fossil fuels revealed by new study

Annual reports from the world's ten largest banks show a combined $425.92 billion in 2020 alone put toward financing fossil fuels.

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Bioengineered bacteria convert carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals

LanzaTech and Northern University researchers have used Clostridium autoethanogenum to ferment carbon dioxide to acetone and IPA.

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Scientists have simulated 100,000 different possible futures for Earth

Researchers from UC Davis have modeled the future outcomes of climate change by 2100 in a hundred thousand different scenarios.

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Carbon dioxide converted into fuel with solar power in breakthrough

Lund University researchers have used a covalent organic framework and solar energy to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide.

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NASA's climate report predicts a 'historic' sea levels rise by 2050

A collection of government agencies have published a report that estimates how much sea levels are expected to rise by 2050.

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NOAA report: U.S. will see a century's worth of sea-level rise by 2050

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report projects a considerable sea-level rise.

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Antarctic glaciers are losing ice faster than ever documented

Unprecedented and rapid retreat of the Pope, Smith, and Kohler glaciers at the South Pole threatens a steep increase in sea level.

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99% of carbon dioxide scrubbed from air with this 'game changing' tech

New technology from the University of Delaware has enabled carbon dioxide capture with 99 percent efficiency from the atmosphere.

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Mount Everest is being rapidly affected by climate change

Anthropogenic, or human-sourced, climate change is accelerating the rate of accumulated ice loss from Mount Everest's glaciers.

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US flood damage costs will see a 'staggering' increase by 2050

Flood modeling projections for the United States estimate a 26.4% increase in the annual cost of damages, by more than $8 billion.

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Over 9000 tree species' are still undiscovered, new study shows

Researchers have estimated the number of trees species on Earth to be 14% higher than currently known, with 9,200 undiscovered.

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Trees will likely be smaller and capture less carbon in future forests

Future forests will likely have smaller trees due to global warming, meaning a reduced absorption of carbon dioxide from the air.

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Doomsday Clock stuck at 100 seconds to midnight

The Doomsday Clock is stuck at 100 seconds to midnight after being set there two years ago, with the world teetering on the brink.

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Research shows we're adapting to climate change, but not quick enough

Researchers from Concordia University have reviewed the literature on climate change adaptations, which show inconclusive results.

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Pollutants and plastics have exceeded safe planetary boundaries

Of the nine planetary boundaries defined in 2009, four had been breached by 2015, with the fifth for novel entities now breached.

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ExxonMobil is targeting 'net zero' operational emissions by 2050

ExxonMobil has pledged to reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions to net-zero by 2050, but hasn't included Scope 3 emissions.

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UK Government: Earth could see '4°C warming by 2100'

The Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) has been released, suggesting the Earth could warm by 4°C by 2100.

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Scorching temperature sets new record for Australia

Onslow in Western Australia has had a record-breaking temperature of 50.7 degrees Celsius (123.26 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded.

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The 'Sixth Mass Extinction' is already underway, experts warn

Scientists stress we are in the midst of a sixth global mass extinction event, dubbed the Holocene or Anthropocene extinction.

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Record-breaking ocean temperature recorded for the sixth year in a row

Ocean temperatures are increasing globally every year, with new data showing that oceans in 2021 absorbed an extra 14 Zettajoules.

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EU report: 2021 was the fifth-hottest year on record

The European Union's (EU) Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirmed 2021 to be the fifth-hottest year globally on record.

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Plant-based diets increase carbon capture, not just reduce emissions

New research has shown how high-income countries changing to plant-based diets would increase carbon capture from the atmosphere.

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Extremely hot years predicted for almost all countries every two years

New research predicts ninety-two percent of countries will experience extremely hot annual temperatures every two years by 2030.

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NASA confirms this ocean absorbs 500 million tons of carbon every year

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E-scooter and e-bike fleets may not be as eco-friendly as we thought

New research from ETH Zurich shows how publicly accessible e-scooters and e-bikes may negatively affect net carbon emissions.

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Carbon dioxide taken from factory emissions made into useful products

A new metal-organic framework can turn carbon dioxide emissions scrubbed from factory flue gases into useful cyclic carbonates.