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Low sea ice cover in the Arctic
The sea ice extent in the Arctic is nearing its annual minimum at the end of…
Climate change is hurting Philadelphians' health, and the worst is yet to come
The day they found Lee Odgers, it was so hot that the wax candles inside her…
Male Trinidad guppies find food thanks to females
For male Trinidad Guppies applies: if you are hungry, seek female company. A recent study led…
VISTA unveils a new image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of our nearest galactic neighbors, at only 163,000…
Could fungi save the fashion world?
Environmental action group Extinction Rebellion is disrupting London Fashion Week to highlight the harms of throwaway…
Social workers are trying new ways to keep teenagers safe
Over the past four decades the child protection system in England has increasingly concentrated on preventing…
Volcanoes kill more people long after eruptions – those deaths are avoidable
You may think of volcanic eruptions as spectacular but brief explosions. But in reality, these destructive…
Why carbon dioxide has such outsized influence on Earth's climate
I am often asked how carbon dioxide can have an important effect on global climate when…
Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement
An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands has for the first time…