We’re still recovering from losing the woolly mammoth
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After a Giant Iceberg Broke Away, Scientists Found a Long-Sealed Marine World Under Antarctica
A massive iceberg breaking away in Antarctica has uncovered a thriving underwater ecosystem no one had ever seen…
In the Arctic danger zone, researchers fled toward a ‘dirty iceberg’ that revealed itself as an island never seen before
For decades, we believed the map of our world was complete. But a research team recently discovered a…
Brussels weighs letting fossil fuel companies break EU pollution limits – POLITICO
The option not to penalize emitters could be in effect for between one and three years, one of…
Will America Finally Let Itself Build Nuclear Plants?
America built the first civilian nuclear power reactor in the world in three years. We started on it…
Camp Mystic director says ‘we tried our hardest’ in deadly flood: ‘It wasn’t enough to save your daughters’ | US news
A director of Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp in the Texas Hill Country where 25 campers and…
Critical minerals are ‘oil of 21st century’ as demand fuels poverty and pollution in poorer countries | Critical minerals
Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel are becoming the “oil of the 21st century” as the…
Countries gather in Colombia to discuss phasing out fossil fuels : NPR
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth…
A search engine for the planet opens to the public
The idea that the Earth can be “searched” like a database has circulated for several years…
Whistleblowers Allege Big Problems With Corporate Carbon Standards-Setter
On Monday, the Department of the Interior announced plans to spend a little under $1 billion — a…
Scientists tap sunlight to make clean hydrogen fuel from waste plastic
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have proposed a roadmap to solve the crises of plastic pollution and…
Cities and countryside are merging into one continuous landscape
Urban areas used to have edges you could clearly point out. A busy downtown gave way to quieter…