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UK's Prince William launches prize to solve Earth's top environmental challenges
Britain's Prince William launched a multi-million pound prize on Tuesday to encourage the world's greatest problem-solvers to find answers to Earth's biggest environmental problems, saying the planet was now at a tipping point.
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Fossil Fuel Industry Shifts from Climate Denial to "Youthwashing"
For decades, the fossil fuel industry funded climate change denial campaigns aimed toward young people to sow seeds of doubt on climate science. As the climate crisis has worsened, it has made a subtle shift to what critics call "youthwashing.".
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William and Kate offer prize to 'repair the Earth'
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge unveil a global prize to tackle climate issues in the next decade.
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'All man-made': Merkel vows to keep fighting against climate change
"So we have to do everything humanly possible to overcome this human challenge. It is still possible," the German Chancellor's New Year message will say.
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Climate change could render assets ‘worthless’, Bank of England governor warns
Climate breakdown could render investments held by millions of people “worthless”, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England has warned. Mark Carney suggested the financial sector had not yet woken up to the looming crisis and was “not moving fast enough” to divest from fossil fuels.
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Satellites Show Glaciers Rapidly Shrinking from Climate Change
Five decades of satellite imagery are helping scientists track how glaciers are changing with the climate.
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Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change
There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you're probably struggling to keep up.
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Queen praises young climate activists for ‘sense of purpose’
The Queen says she’s been struck by the “sense of purpose” younger generations have shown in tackling issues like climate change.Her Christmas Day message follows a year…
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The 2010s were another lost decade on climate change
The only measurement that matters is greenhouse-gas emissions—and they continued to rise.
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Climate Change Not the Only Threat to Vulnerable Species
Though climate change is becoming one of the greatest threats to the Earth’s already stressed ecosystems, it may not be the most severe threat today for all species, say authors of a new report on the effects of deforestation on two lemur species in Madagascar.
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In 2019 the public woke up to the climate crisis. When will the politicians?
At the international level progress has effectively halted, says science and environment writer Stephen Buranyi
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How governments deal with climate change
An old cheat sheet. The four stages of dealing with something you don't want to deal with.
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Snow machines and fleece blankets: inside the ski industry’s battle with climate change
The long read: Hundreds of ski resorts now stand abandoned across the Alps. But some scientists believe they have found a way to keep snow on the ground – and that it could help vulnerable communities all over the world
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'Unprecedented Conditions' Will Rule the Oceans, Striking Report Finds
Humans live on land, but it’s the watery parts of the planet that dictate our fate. The frozen ice at the poles and in high mountains and the vast swath of ocean that covers nearly three-quarters of the planet mean this place is primarily earth in name only. The ice—dubbed the cryosphere by scientists—and the oceans provide sustenance and livelihoods for nearly 20 percent of the world’s people, and yet climate change is putting them all in danger, according to a new groundbreaking report.
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YouTubers fighting climate change celebrate 20 million trees planted
Team Trees confirmed the achievement in an Instagram post.
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Don't discount carbon capture just yet, study says. It could go underwater.
Humanity has some quick approaching deadlines to meet in the coming years if we want to stave off the worst effects of climate change, and scientists say one solution, carbon capture and storage (CCS), is ready to start today — but it’s not an option many people aren’t thrilled about.
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A single fracking well in Ohio vented more methane in 20 days than whole nations do in a year
Less than a week ago, a study on methane “super emitters” revealed something about the scope of the environmental threat represented by Donald Trump’s refusal to regulate methane release at wells. Not only are these sources making a significant and...
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Sanders: Instead of weapons funding we should pool resources to fight climate change
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the U.S. should stop spending so much money on weapons and should instead divert those funds to fight climate change. “Maybe, just maybe, instead of spending $1.8 trillion a year globally on weapons of destruction, maybe an American president — i.e. Bernie Sanders — can lead the world and instead of spending money to kill each other, maybe we pool our resources and fight our common enemy, which is climate change,” Sanders said Thursday at the December Democratic debate in Los Angeles.
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Australia endures hottest day on record
The continent records its highest national average temperature, worsening the bushfire threat.
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The world's oceans are acidifying — but it's happening twice as fast off California
Oceans play an important role in the planet's delicate carbon cycle, acting as a crucial reservoir that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere.
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