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Study reveals where climate change is most likely to induce food violence

Much has been written about how rising temperatures will affect climate and sea levels, but global warming is expected...

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Scientists create eco-friendly, biodegradable microbeads

Microbeads' detriment to the environment is well-documented, yet many companies continue to put the tiny plastic...

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Renewable energy powered half the UK on Wednesday

The UK is not slacking in its goal to slash carbon emissions by 57 percent (based on 1990 levels) by the year 2030....

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Trump nominates BP oil spill lawyer as DOJ environmental attorney

Who better to stand for the environment than a lawyer who represented BP after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy?...

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Scientists discover plants have 'brains' that decide when to sprout

Researchers are quickly learning that plants are far more complex than once thought. Not only has it been determined...

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98-year-old man donates $2 million in stock for 395-acre wildlife refuge

98-year-old Russ Gremel purchased $1,000 of stock in a pharmacy chain around 70 years ago. That chain was Walgreens,...

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These tiny houses help minimum wage workers become homeowners in Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, may have one of the highest rates of poverty in all metro cities in the U.S., but a new initiative...

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Researchers find widespread acidified water along US West Coast

Climate change is altering the planet in ways we might not often think about, such as in the acidification of the...

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Electric cars could reach cost parity with conventional cars by next year

Are you eager to get your hands on a new electric vehicle, but the price is too steep? You're in luck - electric...

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How climate change could alter the environment in 100 years

Want to know exactly what President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement means? Here are some projections...

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Hyundai's new emissions-free bus travels 180 miles on just one hour of charging

It isn't just passenger vehicles going green these days - mass transit is jumping on the zero-emissions bandwagon....

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Hundreds of massive seafloor craters are leaking methane

12,000 years ago the Barents Sea was covered with ice. Warming caused ice sheets to recede and a lot of methane...

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BREAKING: Trump announces U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement

During a highly anticipated speech at the Rose Garden, climate denier President Donald Trump announced that the...

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Fractured Antarctic ice sheet will create one of the largest icebergs ever recorded

Due to global warming and rising temperatures, glaciers are slowly melting - and, in some cases, breaking apart....

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Scientists invent graphene paint that makes your house super efficient

Graphene - the strongest material known to science - is used to create everything from condoms to night-vision...

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