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Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?
Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.
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The ground is deforming, and buildings aren’t ready
First study to quantify effects of subsurface climate change on civil infrastructure
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Canada marks worst wildfire season on record
Smoke emitting from Canadian wildfires has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and is now drifting across western Europe as Canada marks its worst wildfire season on record.
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Orca Rams Into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavior May Be Spreading
The incident occurred roughly 2,000 miles away from the recent encounters near Spain and Portugal
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It's not just climate – we've already breached most of the Earth's limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly
People once believed the planet could always accommodate us. That the resilience of the Earth system meant nature would always provide. But we now know this is not necessarily the case. As big as the world is, our impact is bigger.
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Arikomban: The painful story of India's rice-loving elephant
Authorities attempt to find a permanent habitat for it as activists criticise its "brutal" treatment.
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NASA Reveals Astonishing Video of Visible Earth Emissions
In its videos, NASA relies on data from 2021. There are four colors used to represent the main sources of carbon dioxide. Fossil fuels are depicted in orange, biomass burning in red, terrestrial ecosystems in green, and ocean ecosystems in blue.
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Firefighters battle California wildfires amid blistering heatwave
Firefighters in southern California were battling three separate brush fires that started on Friday afternoon amid a blistering heatwave. The fires were all within 40 miles (65km) of each other in mostly rural areas across Riverside county, south-east of Los Angeles.
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Extreme heat in Europe is becoming the new normal — prompting tourists toward cooler destinations
More tourists are thought to be prioritizing milder temperatures or off-season travel to avoid spending their time away in oppressive heat.
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Ocomtún: A long-lost Maya city that was just discovered
Archaeologist Ivan Šprajc has spent nearly 30 years uncovering long-lost cities buried deep in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. His latest discovery is capturing the world's attention.
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Canada’s wildfire crisis could be a preview of the future
Don’t go outside. That’s what public health officials and medical experts have been advising tens of millions of people in the U.S. over the last couple of days as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada has drifted into the U.S., triggering air alerts and grounding flights across the Northeast, as far south as South Carolina and as far west as Minnesota.
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Don’t let plutocrats destroy life on Earth
Letters: Readers reflect on ways to spark action to tackle climate collapse in the face of the rich dictating the conversation and policies.
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An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth's ecosystems than we knew
Data from 123 sites across all continents, including Antarctica, show mosses affect all major soil functions critical for sustaining life on Earth.
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Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals'
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a filtration system that would permanently remove "forever chemicals" from drinking water. This news comes after a recent study revealed nearly 200 million Americans have been exposed to PFAS in their tap water. Dr. Madjid Mohseni, a professor at British Columbia, shares his research.
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Sea Turtle Given the Very First 3D-Printed Shell Brace Is Still Thriving Years Later
Who knew a 3D-printer could save a turtles life like this?
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Is Canada ready for a fiery future? We tallied up all of its water bomber planes to find out | CBC News
A wildfire season like no other has tested Canada’s airborne firefighting capacity, revealing that one of the most forested countries in the world may be ill-equipped to deal with fires raging simultaneously from coast to coast.
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Climate change warnings started in the late 1800s. Here's what humanity knew and when.
Political misinformation continues to swirl around the climate change discussion like a thick fog rolling in off the rising ocean. But a host of government documents and reports by researchers and historians lay a clear trail of what scientists and government officials knew and when.
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You’ve Never Heard of Him, but He’s Remaking the Pollution Fight
Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change.
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New DNA testing technology shows majority of wild dingoes are pure, not hybrids
Wild dingo populations have less dog lineage, with a significantly greater proportion of pure dingoes than previously thought, according to new research, challenging the view that pure dingoes are on the decline due to crossbreeding. The findings, published in Molecular Ecology, suggest previous studies significantly overestimated the prevalence of dingo-dog mixes in the wild and that lethal methods to control ‘wild dogs’ target pure dingoes.
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Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery
The tiny baby octopuses—each about the size of a nickel—emerged from soft, membranous eggs, clutched in their mothers’ protective embrace. One by one the hatchlings gracefully unfurled their delicate tentacles and floated away into the abyss.