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Climate Change Could Lead to Nutrient Deficiency for Hundreds of Millions
Carbon dioxide decreases zinc, iron and protein in food crops, which could add millions of people to the billions who don’t get enough nutrition
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CO2 Levels Reached an 800,000-year High in 2017
That’s just one of many sobering facts about our changing world in the “State of the Climate in 2017” report released late last week
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Climate Change Is Responsible for These Rare High-Latitude Clouds
A study shows that methane emissions are responsible for the increase of noctilucent clouds, which glow eerily at night
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This Device Pulls Water Out of Desert Air
A new water harvester can extract water from extremely dry air, using only solar energy
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Can Bringing Back Mammoths Help Stop Climate Change?
Scientists say creating hybrids of the extinct beasts could fix the Arctic tundra and stop greenhouse gas emissions
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Venus and Jupiter May Meddle With Earth’s Orbit and Climate
In 405,000-year cycles, the tug of nearby planets causes hotter summers, colder winters and drier droughts on our home planet
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Your Summer Vacation Is a Carbon Emissions Nightmare
A new study of tourism supply chains shows that all those flights, zip-line tours and foie gras produce 8 percent of global carbon emissions
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How Soviet Bomb Tests Paved the Way For U.S. Climate Science
The untold story of a failed Russian geoengineering scheme, panic in the Pentagon, and a Nixon-era effort to study global cooling
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Pakistan’s Searing April Temperatures Set New Global Record
On Monday, the city of Nawabshah reached 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit, causing heatstroke, power outages and general misery
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Norway’s Melting Glaciers Release Over 2,000 Artifacts
Spanning 6,000 years, the well-preserved items hint at the history of mountain dwellers
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Syria Joins the Paris Agreement—the U.S. Now Stands Alone in Opposition
The announcement comes on the heels of Nicaragua agreeing to the accords
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Reached Record High in 2016
World Meteorological Organization reports that current atmospheric CO2 concentrations are at their highest level in 800,000 years
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Volcanic Eruptions Could Have Spurred Revolts in Ancient Egypt
A new study comparing eruptions and uprisings looks at how volcanoes meddle with annual Nile floods
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A Mysteriously Massive Hole in Antarctic Ice Has Returned
These holes are thought to be crucial elements of the currents driving the world’s oceans, and after 40 years, one has formed again
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Why an Astronomer Turned to Trees to Try to Solve a Celestial Mystery
Andrew Ellicott Douglass’s theory of sunspots and climate was wrong, but he still pioneered the science of tree-ring dating
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Atmosphere Detected Around an Earth(ish)-Sized Planet
Just 39 light years away, GJ 1132b is 1.4 times the Earth’s radius and has an atmosphere that may be composed of steam or methane
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Proposed Test Heats Up the Debate on Solar Geoengineering
Harvard scientists are moving ahead with plans to investigate using particles to reflect some of the sun’s radiation
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How Climate Helped Shape Your Nose
New research shows how the width of our nasal passages is literally shaped by the air we breathe
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Great Barrier Reef Braces for Another Massive Bleaching Event
After the worst die-off in the reef’s history in 2016, scientists are worried that high sea temperatures will affect the area again
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