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15 Best Battery-Powered Pole Saws Of 2024: Trim Your Way To A Beautiful Garden

If you wish to have a fresh-looking yard or garden without having to spend much, then having a battery-powered pole saw just within reach is your best option.

Greta Thunberg Net Worth 2024: Finances And Climate Advocacy

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was mobbed outside court

Discover the net worth of Greta Thunberg, the renowned environmental activist, and delve into her financial journey and environmental advocacy.

Energy-related CO2 Emissions Hit Record Levels In 2023: IEA

A drop in coal demand in advanced nations last year helped boost low-emission power generation there to over half the total

CO2 emissions from energy rose by 1.1 percent in 2023, increasing by 410 million tons to a record 37.4 billion tons, slowing down from a gain of 490 million tons in 2022, the IEA said in its annual update on emissions.

Global Leaders Should Listen To Health Workers Facing Climate Change, Says The Geneva Learning Foundation

The Geneva Learning Foundation's journey began when thousands of health workers participating in its programs shared their concern that climate change is damaging the health of communities. The World Health Organization echoes this sentiment: Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to health systems worldwide.

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Climate change is causing increasingly frequent and intense heat waves in major cities across the United States, like Miami

How Extreme Heat And Weather Affect US Business

Climate observers anticipate a hotter climate will make it harder to work outdoors, raise the cost of electricity, affect the reliability of the food supply and make it harder to insure homes and businesses.

A recently hatched American Coot chick sits in a nest in the Willard Spur Waterfowl Management Area near Willard

'Worrying' Trend: 'Wide Variety' Of Birds Use Man-Made Things In Their Nests

In a way, birds' usage of man-made materials may help us monitor the extent of the problem.

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Microplastics From Strawberries? Production Of Popular Fruit Contributes To Plastic Pollution, Researchers Find

"(T)his shows that even something as delicious as fresh strawberries can come with a cost to the environment," presenting author Ekta Tiwari noted.

The Manhattan skyline is covered in haze and smoke caused by a wildfire in Canada, in New York

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Has Reached Europe, Satellite Imagery Shows

A satellite image from NASA's satellite shows smoke from the Canadian wildfires already over Spain and Portugal.

Deep below the surface, the Earth's inner core may have changed direction, new research suggests

What Is Earth Overshoot Day? Only 51 Countries Have Biocapacity To Cover Its Ecological Footprint

At the current rate, humanity will need almost two planets to sustain the current global population.

'Most Beautiful' Vanilla Orchid Species Discovered In Brazil – It's Fragrant And Rare [Photo]

The new Vanilla orchid species looks lovely, but it resides in a rather hostile environment.

Thousands Of Dead Fish Pile Up Along Texas Shore

A "perfect storm" of conditions evidently led to the low oxygen conditions that killed thousands of fish.

'Perfect Pathogen Storm': Sargassum Seaweed May Be Harboring Flesh-Eating Bacteria Too

Sargassum seaweed recently wreaked havoc along Florida beaches.

Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu

70 Years Of Everest Summit: Interesting Facts To Kindle Your Fascination With Earth's Highest Point

The historic summit on May 29, 1953, was many years in the making, and it completely changed the field of mountaineering.

Living Near Or Going Regularly To Seaside May Improve One's Health, Study Suggests

A visit to the seaside is widely promoted as a health treatment among the wealthy.

A volunteer of the NGO 'Canarias Libre de Plasticos' (Canary Islands free of plastics) carries out a collection of microplastics and mesoplastic debris to clean the Almaciga Beach, on the north coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife, on July 14, 2018.

From Landfills To Our Lungs: The Invisible Threat Of Airborne Microplastics

Plastic waste is notoriously known for not decomposing, or taking even hundreds of years to do so.

New Satellite's First Images Provide Stunning Views Of Earth: 'Extraordinarily Important'

A short video comprising images taken by the satellite shows the planet shifting from day to night.

Pollen Seen From Space: Satellite Images Reveal Mysterious 'Slicks' Of Pollen-Rich Waters

The mysterious swirls in satellite images are actually pine pollen over the Baltic Sea.

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Not All Electricity Is Created The Same: How New York Buildings Can Meet Carbon Standards With 'Good' Kilowatts

Distinguishing between good and bad kilowatts in carbon reporting along with increased tax incentives for buildings that install storage systems is probably the most significant way we will really reduce the huge carbon footprint of buildings.

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Satellite Image Shows California Wildflower Blooms After The Wet Winter

The view is "considerably greener and more colorful" than last year.

Saving Earth With Earth: Rewilding May Be Answer To Curbing Climate Change

Restoring animals may actually help capture and store carbon, researchers have found.

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Tornado Cuts 'Path Of Destruction' Through City In Arkansas, NASA Satellite Image Shows

Wynne was among the places particularly hit hard by tornados.

The remains of crushed house and cars in Rolling Fork, Mississippi after a tornado touched down in the area

Mississippi Tornado Track Captured In Satellite Images

The tornadoes left a devastating trail of destruction.

Researchers Discover 2 Stunning New Carnivorous Plants [Photos]

The plants catch and digest insects using their sticky leaves so as to compensate for the nutrient deficiency of the substrate that they're growing in.