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Not so fast: Trump's Alaska drilling study slammed by U.S. wildlife regulator
The Trump administration failed to adequately consider oil spills, climate change and the welfare of polar bears in its expedited study of proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to comments published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The unusually ...
Can capitalism beat climate change?
Only clear targets can transform rational self-interest from a potentially catastrophic force into a powerful driver of beneficial change.
Seals, caviar, oil, warming: Caspian Sea faces severe pollution threat
Seals waddling along the waterfront were once a common sight in Baku Bay, the Caspian Sea home of Azerbaijan's capital. Not anymore. Of the more than 1 million seals that inhabited the shores and islands of the Caspian a century ago fewer than 10 percent ...
Global warming shrinking glaciers faster than thought, especially in mountains, study finds
Earth's glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each year, more than half of that in North America. The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands of inland ...
Panel urges Japan to set more ambitious goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Japan should set a higher goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to fight global warming and bring them to effectively zero in the second half of the 21st century, a government panel said Tuesday. The government plans to draft a long-term climate change strategy based ...
An unprecedented mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves began its research on Thursday, in Seychelles waters. The British-led Nekton Mission arrived off the tiny atoll of Alphonse in the early morning hours, after looming bad weather forced ...
The frequency of ocean heat waves has surged more than 50 percent since the early 20th century in a threat to fish, corals and other marine life stoked by global warming, an international study showed on Monday. Abrupt local spikes in temperatures, far less researched ...
Scientists warn global warming could decimate fish supplies and fuel migration
Millions of people could lose their livelihoods, food source, and be forced from their homes if the world does not meet the Paris goal to curb global warming which is endangering fish numbers, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday. A study by the University of British ...
Global warming imperils stratocumulus clouds that deter hothouse Earth: scientists
Marine clouds that protect us from hothouse Earth conditions by reflecting sunlight back into space could break up and vanish if carbon dioxide in the atmosphere triples, researchers warned Monday. "Our results show that there are dangerous climate change thresholds of which we were unaware," ...
Youths rally for action on climate change outside Diet as 'Friday' movement reaches Japan
Students calling for action to address climate change took to the streets in front of the Diet on Friday, joining what has become a global youth movement. About 20 individuals, including high school and university students, sought to raise the alarm about climate change and ...
'Fringe' climate skeptic may head special White House committee
The Trump administration is exploring the idea of forming a special committee to look at climate change and security risks, with the effort being coordinated by a 79-year-old physicist who rejects mainstream climate science. A "discussion paper" obtained by The Associated Press asks federal officials ...
Japan's opportunity to take a leadership role on climate change
The nation can lead by demonstrating how to decouple economic and emissions growth.
