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IBM and David Clark Cause announce 2020 Call For Code Challenge
IBM and its partner David Clark Cause today announced the official commencement of the 2020 Call For Code Challenge. The ...
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Meet the top 9 European startups working towards a greener future
When it comes to climate change, 2019 was a disappointing year, to say the least; visible signs of global warming came in ...
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100 seconds to midnight: Why we're closer to Doomsday than ever
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a non-profit group dedicated to monitoring the potential for global catastrophe, last ...
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Australian bushfires didn’t just destroy specific species, but entire ecosystems
The sheer scale and intensity of the Australian bushfire crisis have led to apocalyptic scenes making the front pages of ...
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Animals use some wild tricks to survive bushfires
Have you ever wondered how our native wildlife manage to stay alive when an inferno is ripping through their homes, and afterwards ...
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5 corrupt reasons why people deny the climate crisis
The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls, and individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about ...
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The climate crisis threatens gender equality in Africa
People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest ...
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Scientists lured fish back to The Great Barrier Reef by making it sound alive
The Earth's coral reefs are dying and they need our help. We either have to come up with some magical way to trick fish into ...
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Sea levels are rising more than expected, according to scientists
Sea levels rose 10 meters above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research ...
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Helpful drones can track wildfires, count wildlife, and map plant colonies
Drones are revolutionizing the way scientists observe, measure and monitor the natural environment. From mapping the patterns ...
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Climate crisis is forcing butterflies to change their lifecycle — but not all can 😞
Butterflies are rather like Goldilocks, preferring conditions to be neither too hot nor too cold, but “just right.” Under ...
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New evidence shows an extraterrestrial collision may have kicked off the Earth’s rapid cooling 12,800 years ago
What kicked off the Earth’s rapid cooling 12,800 years ago? In the space of just a couple of years, average temperatures ...
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Climate change created today’s HUGE crocodiles
What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw? Crocodylians are the 27 species of crocodiles, ...
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To fight climate change, science must mobilize as it did for WWII
We’ve all but won the argument on climate change. The facts are now unequivocal and climate denialists are facing a losing ...
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A psychotherapist explains why some adults react badly to young climate strikers
Young climate strikers I spoke to recently are confused and distressed about the things adults are doing. It’s not just ...
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How climate change infiltrated popular culture
It seems that people are finally waking up to the threat of climate change. The most poignant sign of this for me was seeing ...
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Nuclear fusion won’t save us from the climate crisis
The UK’s governing Conservative Party has announced a new package of climate policies, including £220m for research into ...
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Microsoft pledges to fight climate change with carbon neutral Xbox
Microsoft is joining Sony on the efforts to combat climate change by switching things up on the console front. In the former's ...
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Scientists at an aquarium just figured out how to save Florida's 'Great Barrier Reef'
Scientists in Florida may have just saved the the third largest coral reef on the planet. Florida Aquarium Senior Coral ...
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Study: Most YouTube videos on climate change deny its existence
Search for “climate change” on YouTube and before long you’ll likely find a video that denies it exists. In fact, when ...
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Criminologist: Trump acts like a criminal when denying climate change
While much of the world now recognizes the need for immediate action, there are still those who question the scientific consensus ...
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Research: Climate change helped elephants evolve a large brain
Elephants have long captivated our attention, partly because of their sheer size and majesty. But we’re also struck by ...
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This century-old oak tree is live-tweeting climate change
This summer has proven a punishing reminder that climate change isn’t a far-off scenario, but one that’s happening right ...
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This video game reveals how prehistoric people tackled climate change
How will climate change remake our world in the 21st century? Will we be able to adapt and survive? As with many things, ...
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India wants to make 40% cabs electric by 2026 to meet climate change goals
The Indian government is planning to order rideshare companies like Ola and Uber to convert 40 percent of their fleet to ...
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Facebook board votes yae on Zuck, nay on Conservatives
A mutiny attempt today by a coalition of anti-Zuckerberg Facebook shareholder groups resulted in a resounding defeat as the ...
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Research reveals surprising relationship between climate change and fertility rate
Climate change will shape every aspect of human life – often in complex ways. Take the question of deciding how many children ...
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No, new CO₂ capture tech won’t stop climate change
According to a recent major UN report, if we are to limit temperature rise to 1.5 °C and prevent the most catastrophic effects ...
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Oxford philosopher's newest hypothesis predicts the rise of super villains
Oxford philosopher and founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute Nick Bostrom's latest research paper seems to ...
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Global climate change could boost iPhone sales, Apple reports
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