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Sustainability Hinges on Local Policies, not Global Goals
In the run-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil, much has been written about how to...
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Mysterious Radiation Burst Recorded in Tree Rings
Just over 1,200 years ago, the planet was hit by an extremely intense burst of high-energy radiation of unknown...
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Geoengineering Could Make Sky White Instead of Blue
Some scientists advocate pumping aerosols into the atmosphere to counter global warming by reflecting solar energy away. But according...
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Climate Change: Arctic Passes 400 Parts Per Million Milestone
The world’s air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming...
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Huge Ancient Civilization’s Collapse Attributed to Climate Change
The mysterious fall of the largest of the world’s earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is...
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Cultural Beliefs, Not Science Education Split Climate Views
Global warming skeptics are not less educated about science but rather use their knowledge to affirm their predetermined beliefs....
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Earth Took 10 Million Years to Recover From Mass Extinction
The Earth’s greatest mass extinction, 250 million years ago, was so severe that it took 10 million years for...
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Climate Armageddon: How the World’s Weather Could Run Amok
Adapted from The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can...
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Climate Pact Process Stumbles as Countries Bicker
Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new climate pact by 2015, negotiations stumbled at...
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Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return?
Four decades ago, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer model called World3 warned of a possible catastrophic course for...