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Faster ice melt in Antarctica may lead to more coastal flooding
Ice sheets in Antarctica are melting faster than models predicted – likely undermined by warming water beneath them, new studies ...
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How Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier is melting
A study released this week added new fears to the fate of an important glacier in Antarctica and its impact ...
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Report ranks pollution in cities, metros
Air quality on high alert: Explaining the dangers of red flag warnings Air quality is impacted by numerous factors. Here’s ...
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Negative leap second may be needed to adjust for Earth spinning slower
Leap seconds are added because if Earth is rotating slower over millions of years then a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ...
Driving an EV becomes a political choice as Biden, Trump views diverge
Climate change and EVs: How will future cars stem global warming? Electric vehicles have become a hot trend. But how ...
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Viral polar bear on ice photo a reminder of climate change effects
A stunning photo of a polar bear drifting off to sleep on a bed of ice won the Natural History ...
New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of ...
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With Arctic permafrost thawing, Pentagon frets over deadly pathogens
Expect ‘more intense heatwaves’ as a result of climate change Weather experts at the World Meteorological Organization said there is ...
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Climate change effects threaten sharks, studies find. Here’s why.
The ocean’s most feared but fascinating predators face increasing dangers from the world’s warming oceans, scientists found in two international ...
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Vampire bat habitat expansion increases risk of rabies, study says
There is a new study about vampire bats that, while perfectly timed for Halloween season, is raising alarms for the ...