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Ten billion tonnes of CO2 must be removed annually to limit warming to 1.7°C, requiring large direct-air-capture infrastructure and about $1 trillion per year.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ten billion tonnes of CO2 must be removed annually to limit warming to 1.7°C, requiring large direct-air-capture infrastructure and about $1 trillion per year.
Human connection to nature has declined sharply—about 60% since 1800—driven by urbanization, with projections of further loss and an extinction of experience.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Human connection to nature has declined sharply—about 60% since 1800—driven by urbanization, with projections of further loss and an extinction of experience.
Delhi's air pollution reached 'severe' (AQI 425), triggering emergency measures, school closures, construction bans, work-from-home advisories, protests, and warnings for vulnerable residents to leave.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Delhi's air pollution reached 'severe' (AQI 425), triggering emergency measures, school closures, construction bans, work-from-home advisories, protests, and warnings for vulnerable residents to leave.
Ofwat proposes Wessex Water pay an £11m enforcement package for wastewater management failures causing storm overflow sewage spills, funded by the company and shareholders.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ofwat proposes Wessex Water pay an £11m enforcement package for wastewater management failures causing storm overflow sewage spills, funded by the company and shareholders.
Global temperatures have temporarily surpassed 1.5°C, but rapid, decisive business-led action enabled by government rules favoring clean energy can restore safer climate trajectories.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Global temperatures have temporarily surpassed 1.5°C, but rapid, decisive business-led action enabled by government rules favoring clean energy can restore safer climate trajectories.
Local communities along the Oder unite across borders to restore and protect the river after ecological disasters caused by pollution, canalization, and climate-driven extremes.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Local communities along the Oder unite across borders to restore and protect the river after ecological disasters caused by pollution, canalization, and climate-driven extremes.
FiDi-Seaport proposes an elevated flood-resistant waterfront park and defenses to protect Lower Manhattan's tip but requires $5–7 billion and a decade to build.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
FiDi-Seaport proposes an elevated flood-resistant waterfront park and defenses to protect Lower Manhattan's tip but requires $5–7 billion and a decade to build.
Oil extraction and recurring spills have devastated Ogoniland, contaminating water and soil, destroying mangroves and livelihoods, leaving abandoned communities and slow, contested cleanup efforts.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oil extraction and recurring spills have devastated Ogoniland, contaminating water and soil, destroying mangroves and livelihoods, leaving abandoned communities and slow, contested cleanup efforts.
Rising AI workloads risk overwhelming the electric grid, making GE Vernova's power-generation and grid-equipment capabilities crucial to enabling expanded data-center capacity.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Rising AI workloads risk overwhelming the electric grid, making GE Vernova's power-generation and grid-equipment capabilities crucial to enabling expanded data-center capacity.
Failure to shift to a low-carbon economy will cause famine and conflict abroad and economic stagnation and rising inflation at home.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Failure to shift to a low-carbon economy will cause famine and conflict abroad and economic stagnation and rising inflation at home.
Karsan delivered 17 12-meter e-ATA electric buses to Mersin featuring 396 kWh batteries, up to 400 km range, 70-passenger capacity, and 250 kW motors.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Karsan delivered 17 12-meter e-ATA electric buses to Mersin featuring 396 kWh batteries, up to 400 km range, 70-passenger capacity, and 250 kW motors.
Unplugging idle electronic devices reduces energy waste and can lower annual electricity costs by up to about $200 depending on usage and rates.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Unplugging idle electronic devices reduces energy waste and can lower annual electricity costs by up to about $200 depending on usage and rates.
South Florida will experience a rare, brief arctic cold blast early week with temperatures falling into the 30s–40s, then warming midweek.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
South Florida will experience a rare, brief arctic cold blast early week with temperatures falling into the 30s–40s, then warming midweek.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in Aurora, Philippines, as an immense storm with 185 kph winds, prompting mass evacuations and causing fatalities and severe flooding.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall in Aurora, Philippines, as an immense storm with 185 kph winds, prompting mass evacuations and causing fatalities and severe flooding.
Tehran faces imminent water rationing and possible evacuation due to a multiyear drought, falling aquifers, and unsustainable consumption.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tehran faces imminent water rationing and possible evacuation due to a multiyear drought, falling aquifers, and unsustainable consumption.
Jessica Guo completed a continuous 5,698 km hike linking the CDT and GDT in one year, becoming the first woman to do so.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Jessica Guo completed a continuous 5,698 km hike linking the CDT and GDT in one year, becoming the first woman to do so.
Mashhad's dam reservoirs have plunged below 3% capacity amid severe nationwide drought, requiring urgent water-use reductions to avoid rationing and potential evacuations.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Mashhad's dam reservoirs have plunged below 3% capacity amid severe nationwide drought, requiring urgent water-use reductions to avoid rationing and potential evacuations.
Vandals carved 'JUST DIVE' into a plate coral at Napaling Reef in Panglao, Philippines, harming fragile reef and prompting enforcement actions.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Vandals carved 'JUST DIVE' into a plate coral at Napaling Reef in Panglao, Philippines, harming fragile reef and prompting enforcement actions.
Brazil has reduced Amazon deforestation and emissions under Lula, but political divisions and development projects create tensions between conservation and social-economic priorities.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Brazil has reduced Amazon deforestation and emissions under Lula, but political divisions and development projects create tensions between conservation and social-economic priorities.
The Boring Company was fined nearly $500,000 for dumping drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes, causing substantial damage and requiring cleanup of contaminated sewage facilities.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Boring Company was fined nearly $500,000 for dumping drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes, causing substantial damage and requiring cleanup of contaminated sewage facilities.
Brazil's president must balance rainforest protection, emissions reduction and social development while confronting domestic political divisions and projects that open the Amazon to extractivism.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Brazil's president must balance rainforest protection, emissions reduction and social development while confronting domestic political divisions and projects that open the Amazon to extractivism.
Hosting COP30 in Belem spotlights the Amazon's climate importance while highlighting Brazil's tension between rainforest protection and economic development.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hosting COP30 in Belem spotlights the Amazon's climate importance while highlighting Brazil's tension between rainforest protection and economic development.
Staff shortages during the government shutdown have increased vandalism, illegal dangerous activities, and neglected conservation, maintenance, and visitor safety across national parks.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Staff shortages during the government shutdown have increased vandalism, illegal dangerous activities, and neglected conservation, maintenance, and visitor safety across national parks.
Seven Western states must rapidly agree on Colorado River water cuts to protect reservoir levels, with California central because it uses the most river water.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Seven Western states must rapidly agree on Colorado River water cuts to protect reservoir levels, with California central because it uses the most river water.
Every tenth of a degree of warming increases human suffering and overshooting 1.5°C will cause devastating impacts, especially for vulnerable communities.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every tenth of a degree of warming increases human suffering and overshooting 1.5°C will cause devastating impacts, especially for vulnerable communities.