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The International Plastic Pellet Count reveals what volunteers in 29 states and Washington D.C. found. By Lauren Dalban This spring, citizen scientists across the country and the globe participated in the International Plastic Pellet Count, collecting small, usually round so-called…
A new report says illegal, semi-industrial gold mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is wrecking havoc on Congolese people and the environment. By Katie Surma Planet China: Seventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is…
LEMBATA ISLAND, Indonesia — A horde of children from Tapobali village rush out of Wulandoni 4 Junior High School to the sorghum field clasping blades and gathering starchy panicles into woven baskets. “We sell some of the harvest, and the…
Axolotls may enjoy celebrity status among pet owners, but their wild populations have been dealt huge blows by habitat loss, water pollution, invasive species and the pet trade. Now, the success of reintroduction programs in their native ranges in Mexico…
Three times as many people in cities and towns died from severe heat as would have done in a world without human-caused warming, scientists said.
Public health researchers struggle to track the accelerating pace of global warming impacts. By Bob Berwyn The grim death toll from heat waves across European cities this past summer would be captured in shocking headlines if they happened all at…
Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in…
The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It…
JAKARTA — Norway’s $1.6 trillion state pension fund has dropped French miner Eramet from its investment portfolio over its role in a vast Indonesian nickel mine accused of destroying rainforest and threatening one of the world’s few remaining uncontacted Indigenous…
Rainfall picked up in June and July in some areas but it may already be too late Sign up for The Crunch email newsletter In a “normal” year, Bernie Free would start seeing green shoots in the paddocks of his…