Environmental issue
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1.1KMajor Shifts in Global Freshwater Uncovered by NASA
Human mismanagement of scare freshwater resources is having a huge impact on the growing scarcity of this vital source of life across...
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1.1KNASA Completes Operation IceBridge that Mapped Arctic Ice
Operation IceBridge, NASA's longest-running airborne mission to monitor polar ice change, recently concluded this year's springtime survey of Arctic sea and land...
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1.0KEbola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro in Equateur Province on...
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1.1K‘War on Coal’ Didn’t Cause Coal Industry Collapse
Large reductions in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were caused largely by less expensive natural gas...
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1.1KNew Erupting Volcanic Fissures Keep Forming in Hawaii
Hawaii Governor David Ige met with officials and residents in Pahoa, a town in Hawaii County, to get first-hand reports about the...
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1.6KEarth’s CO2 Levels are the Highest in 800,000 Years
Carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most responsible for global warming, reached its highest level in the past 800,000 years of recorded history...
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1.1KWorld Record 122.four°F Temperature Scorches Pakistani City
The world's hottest place is the Pakistani city of Nawabshah in central Sindh province, which roasted under temperatures reaching 50.2°C (122.4°F) --...
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1.9KWHO Report Says 9 of 10 People Worldwide Breathe Polluted Air
More than 90 percent of the global population is breathing in high levels of pollutants and of these, some seven million will...
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1.1KGlobal Fishing Fleets Tracked in First Study of its Kind
An extensive global view of the commercial fishing industry shows that fishing occurs in 55% of the world's oceans and seas. In...