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Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
The planet is drowning in the most useful material ever invented. So what are we going to do about it? The world produces four hundred million tons of plastic annually,…
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Dire future etched in the past: CO2 at 3-million year-old levels
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-dire-future-etched-co2-million.html by Patrick Galey and Marlowe Hood APRIL 5, 2019 The last time there was so much CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere, ice caps virtually…
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CO2 Levels Are as High as They Were Three Million Years Ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/warming-temperatures-could-transform-antarctica-plant-filled-land-green-180971880/ The last time Earth had this much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, trees were growing at the South Pole By Meilan Solly APRIL 4, 2019 Climate…
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Is the Green New Deal Impossible?
by James Brewer Stewart 2/14/19 If you are sneering at advocates of the Green New Deal as impractical dreamers, misguided fanatics…
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World’s Water Could Become Scarce if the Amazon Rainforest Is Destroyed
World’s Water Could Become Scarce if the Amazon Rainforest Is Destroyed The world is already facing a severe water crisis. By Joe McCarthy and Erica…
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How Amazon forest loss may affect water — and climate — far away
How Amazon forest loss may affect water — and climate — far away A surge in deforestation under Brazil’s new president could ‘tip’ the Amazon, affecting…
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New Reports Emerge Linking Gas Emissions with Human Activity
Two new reports take a closer look at the link between human activities and increased greenhouse gas emissions. The first, a study coming from researchers at the University of Michigan…
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