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French city Nice backtracks on big cruise ship ban
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French city Nice backtracks on big cruise ship banNews

French city Nice backtracks on big cruise ship ban

Nice, France | AFP The mayor of Nice backtracked Friday on sharply limiting visits by large cruise ships to avoid overtourism in the French Riviera…
SourceSourceMarch 1, 2025 Full article
Challenges and potential for underground CO₂ storage in Switzerland
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Challenges and potential for underground CO₂ storage in SwitzerlandScience

Challenges and potential for underground CO₂ storage in Switzerland

In brief: Storing CO₂ underground in SwitzerlandResearchers at ETH Zurich have investigated whether CO₂ can be permanently stored underground in the Swiss Alps by compiling…
SourceSourceMarch 1, 2025 Full article
Narwhals use tusks for hunting, exploration, and social behaviors, drone study finds
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Narwhals use tusks for hunting, exploration, and social behaviors, drone study findsScience

Narwhals use tusks for hunting, exploration, and social behaviors, drone study finds

Summary Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play Summary: Narwhals, the elusive Arctic whales famed for their long, spiral tusks, have…
SourceSourceFebruary 28, 2025 Full article
China missed key climate target last year: official data
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China missed key climate target last year: official dataNews

China missed key climate target last year: official data

Beijing, China | AFP China missed a key climate target in 2024 and emissions in the world's second-largest economy continued to rise as coal remained…
SourceSourceFebruary 28, 2025 Full article
Columbia’s Public Health School launches Climate and Health Center
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Columbia’s Public Health School launches Climate and Health CenterNews

Columbia’s Public Health School launches Climate and Health Center

The Center for Achieving Resilience in Climate and Health (C-ARCH) will serve as a “solutions lab” to build resiliency to health impacts of climate change…
SourceSourceFebruary 28, 2025 Full article
Air pollution and wildfire smoke linked to memory loss in Alzheimer’s
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Air pollution and wildfire smoke linked to memory loss in Alzheimer’sScience

Air pollution and wildfire smoke linked to memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Summary Scientists discovered how a chemical modification of a key brain protein — potentially triggered by climate change-induced air pollution, pesticides, wildfires and processed meats…
SourceSourceFebruary 28, 2025 Full article
Earth’s past climate cycles reveal a predictable ice age timeline
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Earth’s past climate cycles reveal a predictable ice age timelineClimate

Earth’s past climate cycles reveal a predictable ice age timeline

Summary Researchers find a predictable pattern for the timing between Earth's glacial and interglacial periods Summary: Earth’s climate has followed a predictable pattern of glacial…
SourceSourceFebruary 28, 2025 Full article
China’s carbon neutrality strategy: A realistic path to the 2 °C goal
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China’s carbon neutrality strategy: A realistic path to the 2 °C goalScience

China’s carbon neutrality strategy: A realistic path to the 2 °C goal

Summary: China’s path to carbon neutrality: Aligning with the Paris Agreement’s 2°C target Summary: A new study published in Engineering examines how China can achieve…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
Tree mortality in urban boreal forests rises with climate change
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Tree mortality in urban boreal forests rises with climate changeScience

Tree mortality in urban boreal forests rises with climate change

Summary Climate change increases the risk of tree mortality in urban boreal forests Summary: Tree mortality is rising in urban boreal forests, with climate change…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
UN nature talks in ‘end game’ to break funding deadlock
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UN nature talks in ‘end game’ to break funding deadlockNews

UN nature talks in ‘end game’ to break funding deadlock

Rome, Italy | AFP Brazil spearheaded a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock at UN nature talks in Rome on Thursday, as nations struggled against…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
Proposed ‘weather control’ bans surge across US states
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Proposed ‘weather control’ bans surge across US statesNews

Proposed ‘weather control’ bans surge across US states

Washington, United States | AFP Fake stories that atmospheric experiments are triggering natural disasters have led to US states pushing blanket bans on weather modification,…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
Sustainable development strategies for mangrove communities in the Sundarbans
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Sustainable development strategies for mangrove communities in the SundarbansClimate

Sustainable development strategies for mangrove communities in the Sundarbans

Summary: Researchers make recommendations for promoting sustainable development in mangrove forest areas Summary: The Sundarbans, one of the world’s largest mangrove ecosystems, plays a crucial…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
Extreme heat linked to faster biological aging in older adults
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Extreme heat linked to faster biological aging in older adultsScience

Extreme heat linked to faster biological aging in older adults

Summary Study: Extreme heat may speed up aging in older adults Summary: Prolonged exposure to extreme heat may accelerate biological aging in older adults, according…
SourceSourceFebruary 27, 2025 Full article
Robot tracks underground fungal trade networks
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Robot tracks underground fungal trade networksScience

Robot tracks underground fungal trade networks

Summary Scientists build robot to track plant-fungal trade networks, revealing nature’s underground supply chains Summary: A team of international scientists has taken a groundbreaking step…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Harvesting dead wood could cut wildfire risks and store carbon, study finds
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Harvesting dead wood could cut wildfire risks and store carbon, study findsScience

Harvesting dead wood could cut wildfire risks and store carbon, study finds

Summary Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires and store carbon Summary: A century of fire suppression, combined with climate change and drought,…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Los Angeles wildfires costliest in history: Munich Re
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Los Angeles wildfires costliest in history: Munich ReNews

Los Angeles wildfires costliest in history: Munich Re

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP German reinsurance giant Munich Re said Wednesday that last month's huge wildfires in Los Angeles had been the costliest "in the…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
EU vows to slash red tape but stick to climate goals
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EU vows to slash red tape but stick to climate goalsNews

EU vows to slash red tape but stick to climate goals

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU on Wednesday proposed paring back its environmental rules to give businesses breathing room faced with US and Chinese competition…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation
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Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigationNews

Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation

Sydney, Australia | AFP Pacific microstate Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat from rising seas, President David Adeang told AFP, opening a contentious…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth and helped life evolve
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Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth and helped life evolveClimate

Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth and helped life evolve

Summary Giant ice bulldozers: how ancient glaciers helped life evolve Summary: Massive glaciers that covered Earth hundreds of millions of years ago acted like bulldozers,…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Birds adjust life strategies based on climate variability, study finds
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Birds adjust life strategies based on climate variability, study findsScience

Birds adjust life strategies based on climate variability, study finds

Summary Environment nudges birds to fast, or slow, life lane Summary: Birds adapt their life strategies to environmental conditions, with some species prioritizing rapid reproduction…
SourceSourceFebruary 26, 2025 Full article
Greening Barcelona’s streets could prevent 178 premature deaths annually
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Greening Barcelona’s streets could prevent 178 premature deaths annuallyScience

Greening Barcelona’s streets could prevent 178 premature deaths annually

A study estimates the impact that an increase in vegetation cover would have on mortality Summary: Expanding green spaces in Barcelona by converting every third…
SourceSourceFebruary 25, 2025 Full article
Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks
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Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talksNews

Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks

Rome, Italy | AFP The world's biggest nature conservation conference will restart on Tuesday after negotiations collapsed in disarray last year, with the head of…
SourceSourceFebruary 25, 2025 Full article
Arctic faces irreversible change as global warming nears 2.7°C
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Arctic faces irreversible change as global warming nears 2.7°CScience

Arctic faces irreversible change as global warming nears 2.7°C

Summary Arctic study urges stronger climate action to prevent catastrophic warming Summary: The Arctic is on the brink of transformation beyond recognition if global warming…
SourceSourceFebruary 25, 2025 Full article
Climate change and human impact drive algae blooms in U.S. lakes
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Climate change and human impact drive algae blooms in U.S. lakesClimate

Climate change and human impact drive algae blooms in U.S. lakes

Summary MSU researchers use open-access data to study climate change effects in 24,000 US lakes Summary: Toxic algae blooms are closing more lake beaches each…
SourceSourceFebruary 25, 2025 Full article

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