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Antarctic icebergs have surprise role in slowing warming: study

Antarctic icebergs have surprise role in slowing warming: study

The biggest icebergs breaking off Antarctica unexpectedly help to slow global warming as they melt away into the chill Southern…
Australia pushes to boost crocodile exports

Australia pushes to boost crocodile exports

Australian officials are looking to increase the export of crocodile products in 2016, after decades of official protection to stop…
CNN: Delhi residents give up cars to stop toxic air pollution

CNN: Delhi residents give up cars to stop toxic air pollution

Smog-choked residents of New Delhi welcomed the new year on Friday by largely complying with dramatic new driving restrictions designed…
More Chinese cities issue their 1st red alerts for heavy smog

More Chinese cities issue their 1st red alerts for heavy smog

More Chinese cities are issuing their first red alerts for pollution in response to forecasts of heavy smog, after the…
In Greenland, hopes for climate change to boost economy

In Greenland, hopes for climate change to boost economy

As the world struggles to limit climate change, some people in Greenland hope to cash in on rising temperatures with…
Amazon peoples change ancestral ways to save forest

Amazon peoples change ancestral ways to save forest

The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are far removed from the Paris conference rooms where politicians and technocrats in dark…
Beijing on highest pollution alert but smog not as bad as forecast

Beijing on highest pollution alert but smog not as bad as forecast

China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting on Saturday, but residents said the haze was…
Iran ‘to close capital’s schools’ due to air pollution

Iran ‘to close capital’s schools’ due to air pollution

Iran is to close schools for two days in Tehran, state media said Saturday, following air pollution three times the…
China again promises to clean up air ahead of 2022 Games

China again promises to clean up air ahead of 2022 Games

China promised again on Tuesday to take steps to reduce air pollution in the run-up to the 2022 Winter Olympics,…
Doomsday Arctic seed vault to receive two deposits in 2016

Doomsday Arctic seed vault to receive two deposits in 2016

Two new consignments of crop seeds will be deposited next year in the "doomsday vault" built in an Arctic mountainside…
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