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Mid-century CO2 levels might be as high as they've ever been in 50 million years

We have a pretty solid track record for ignoble milestones.

Humanity is getting another "Doomsday Vault" in the Arctic -- a digital archive for human knowledge

Hopefully nothing happens though.

"Fast fashion" might be getting a new life with a breakthrough in upcycling

The fibers from used clothing can be broken down and used again to make new clothes, without going to the landfill.

New nanotech sponge sucks mercury from water in less than 5 seconds!

One basketball-sized sponge could clean an entire lake.

Why India might become the biggest market in the world for solar energy

India wants 100GW of solar and wind to come online by 2022.

Island children's favourite animals are invasive species

But they did like more diverse critters than mainland children.

Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev commits to 100 percent renewable energy

Future beers will be made with 100% renewable energy.

Scientists identify new mechanism through which climate change causes droughts and flood

It's even worse than we thought.

Camera-shy octopus reveals what it's been eating

Hint: it has to do with an egg.

Clean energy creates more than twice as many jobs than fossil in the US, report finds

Breadwinners > Election winners. Just sayin'.

Bacteria from sewage are infecting coral reefs

Because the corals don't have it bad enough.

10 years of experimental warming caused phytoplankton to take in more carbon

A small piece of positive news for climate change.

Despite Trump, more and more countries continue to ratify the Paris Agreement

It's a small step, but it's a much needed step.

Eating fruit may have given primates their big brains, paving the way for social structures

Chow down.

Mainstream US broadcast networks decrease climate change coverage time by 66 percent to only 50 minutes. For a whole year!

How much time is the climate worth to you?

Entertainment television might be partly to blame for the rise of populist politicians

Populism and television go hand in hand.

German coal mine will be converted into a huge hydro battery for renewable energy

The old making way for the new.

Microfibers from clothes are killing fish and ending up on our plates

Fleece jackets and yoga pants are to blame.

'Chewing like a cow' helped early mammals thrive in the wake of dinosaur extinction

There's a lot to be grateful for the first mammalian ancestors who evolved side-to-side chewing.

Bacteria powered a battery for 13 straight days

All possible through bacterial teamwork!

Yellow fever is killing thousands of rare monkeys in Brazil

The forests are silent now.

Laziness could save a fish’s life: a case for establishing marine reserves

Evolution causes these fish to move less so they have a better chance of survival.

Record-breaking silicon solar cell efficiency of 26.6% demonstrated by Japanese researchers, very close to the theoretical limit

We're getting closer to the ideal silicon solar cell.

Beijing just closed its last coal station -- What does this mean for the world's climate

In 2013, Beijing officials promised that they will close the city's four coal stations by the end of 2017, and they've kept their word.

Largest 'artificial sun' switched on in Germany to research hydrogen production

German engineers turn on a huge light bulb to better understand solar energy.

The US has no chance of reaching its Paris Climate Agreement objectives

The US had to work harder to have a chance at achieving their climate objectives, but now -- the country's going in the opposite direction.

Beijing shuts down its last coal power plant, replaces with natural gas

A step in the right direction.

7,000 huge methane gas bubbles have formed under Siberia

This is only the beginning.

Oceans have been heating up even more than we thought, new study shows

It's even worse than we thought.

We may face a huge shortage of essential raw materials stiffling green energy if governments don't step up their game

Mining is dirty work. But more to the point, it's very slow to set-up.

New Zealand parrot's 'laugh' is so contagious other birds just can't resist joining in

When the kea plays its playful call other parrots just can't help themselves and join in.

Hydraulic Fracking leaks much more often than we thought

These oil and gas wells spill pretty often to the surface, a new study found.

How the water bear defies death even in the vacuum of space by wrapping its cells in glass

This animal keeps on surprising us.

Trump's Defense Secretary just called climate change a "National Security Challenge"

I mean, the EPA is against climate change, and the military understands the threat. Is the world upside down?

Scientists call out Pruitt's false view of climate change

These "alternative facts" go against 150 years of research.

These fish have evolved the ability to leap onto land -- to avoid being eaten

These fish are quite comfortable out of water.

Galapagos penguin “teenagers” still beg their parents for food, and they oblige— when there's a lot of food

"And mom, can you pay my rent? This beach is expensive."

New gene discovery could rid Dalmatians of a respiratory disease

Only Cruella de Vil wouldn't be happy.

Bees prefer rural flowers to urban ones, new study indicates

Bees are more of the rural type, it seems.

Guillemot chicks leap from their nest, risking life and limb, before they can even fly -- and know we know why

The dads really pull through for these chicks.

Antibiotic use kills more bees by letting in harmful bacteria

Take note, this also applies to us.

Google tool that calculates the solar energy potential of your rooftop expands to all 50 states

It's never been easier to make an informed, market-based decision about going solar.

There are more great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod

Seems like some good news for sharks!

How climate change is forcing some scientists to move ice from a mountain in Bolivia to Antarctica

A daring team of scientists will battle the elements to save ice cores which hold treasures of scientific data before it's too late.

A common tree frog has kept a secret for a long time— it glows!

It's the first frog known to be fluorescent.

Endangered tigers and leopards get new National Park in China

In a massive win for big cats, Chinese officials have approved plans to establish a massive national park in the northeastern corner of the country.

Wind energy could generate a quarter million new jobs by 2020 in the US alone, and an economic impact of $85 billion

America's largest renewable energy source will continue to add a lot of new jobs in the coming years.

How humans are bringing tigers to the brink of extinction

It's a tough time to be a tiger.

Immunotherapy brings new hope for fading Tasmanian devils

An international study carried out over six years might spark new hope for Tasmanian devils threatened by the contagious devil facial tumour disease.

The EPA chief just said CO2 doesn't cause global warming

In the US, the fox is guarding the henhouse.

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