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Baobabs a wake-up call for action on climate change
The decline of the baobab, a tree whose longevity has astounded many, is an indication that more needs to be done to prevent climate change.
EPA vastly underestimating U.S. oil, gas system methane leaks: study
U.S. oil and gas drilling and related operations give off much more of the powerful greenhouse gas methane than the federal government estimates, wasting about $20 billion in fuel a year, scientists said on Thursday. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is colorless and ...
Earth's intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016 and at a 20 percent faster rate than during the previous decade, scientists said Wednesday as the U.N. unveiled an initiative to harness the "untapped potential" of the ...
Norway tests small electric plane, sees passenger flights by 2025 if shift to green tech grows
Norway tested a two-seater electric plane on Monday and predicted a start to passenger flights by 2025 if new aviation technologies match a green shift that has made Norwegians the world's top buyers of electric cars. Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen and Dag Falk-Petersen, head of ...
Trump's move to redefine water rule threatens wetlands banks across nation
On the western edge of the Florida Everglades sits 4 square miles (10 square km) of gator-infested swampland. A private firm is making big money selling it off. The Panther Island Mitigation Bank is part of a federal system designed to restore wetlands across the ...
Bill to reduce microplastics released into the environment passed by Japan's Upper House
The Upper House on Friday passed a bill to reduce microplastics, with the aim of combating ocean pollution by reining in corporate use and emissions of the tiny plastic pieces that are feared to have a serious impact on the environment. The lawmaker-led legislation calls ...
Disaster-hit Fukushima struggles to secure forest industry workers but efforts slowly bearing fruit
In a mountainous area in Fukushima Prefecture, junior high school students saw at trees as professional forest workers give them instructions and pointers. "I can smell and feel the warmth of the trees," says one of the students participating in the field trip to Iwaki's ...
U.N. draft says global warming is set to exceed 1.5 C target, slow economic growth
Global warming is on course to exceed the most stringent goal set in the Paris agreement by around 2040, threatening economic growth, according to a draft report that is the U.N.'s starkest warning yet of the risks of climate change. Governments can still cap temperatures ...
Ice caps live-blogging human history
At the dawn of the 20th century, when the first humans set foot on Antarctica's seemingly pristine ice cap, pollution had beaten them there. Lead and other heavy metals quickly amassed in the ice in 1888 and beyond, leaving a record of the industrial revolution. ...
Global emissions hit record, climbing 1.6 percent, with Paris deal targets in doubt
Two years after 200 nations forged a United Nations deal to protect the climate, output of gases blamed for global warming has surged to a record. Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use climbed 1.6 percent in 2017, with emerging and developed economies both contributing to ...
City planners are working to reverse decades of reckless growth by turning urban centers green.
Citizens from Japan and overseas take initiative to join worldwide war on plastic waste
Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastic, families across the world are trying to reduce its use and recycle wherever possible to lower its impact on the environment. People from Yokohama to Athens are trying to play their part as ...
