Climate change
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2016
NOAA, NASA agree: 2015 was hottest on Earth by a wide margin
Although 2015 is now the hottest on record, it was the fourth time in 11 years that Earth broke annual marks for high temperature.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2016
Massachusetts is on track to meet emission goals but wants to boost hydropower from Canada
Reducing greenhouse gases by 25 percent over 1990 levels is ambitious for 2020 but a report says success is attainable.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2016
Stephen Hawking: Science, tech progress could threaten human survival
He says a disaster on Earth is a 'near certainty' in the next 1,000 to 10,000 years.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2016
World’s oceans absorbed as much heat in 18 years as in previous 130
The study's authors and outside experts say it's not the raw numbers that bother them. It's how fast those numbers are increasing
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2016
Letter to the editor: Reduce reliance on climate-harming natural gas
The natural gas leak at Porter Ranch, just north of Los Angeles (as reported by The Associated Press in this paper Jan. 7), should raise red flags for any Maine community, business or homeowner considering natural gas as a fuel. This leak, deep underground, is spewing about 2.5 million pounds of methane into the atmosphere […]
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2016
Scientists find unexpected factor that could be driving Greenland’s ice loss
Turns out, cloud cover, especially at night, can produce a significant amount of runoff. Here's how it happens.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2016
Research shows huge icebergs slowing down climate change
Massive icebergs spur the growth of tiny marine organisms that store carbon in the deep sea.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2016
Obama’s State of Union proposals often hit wall in Congress
Obama will go before Congress on Tuesday night with his final State of the Union speech and prospects are bleak for big agreements.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2016
While denying climate change in Washington, Big Oil braced for a hotter planet
From the North Sea to the Canadian Arctic, oil companies have raised the decks of offshore platforms, protected pipelines from increasing coastal erosion, and designed helipads, pipelines and roads to withstand a warmer climate.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2016
Sea Change: Students take climate change into their own hands, and feet
'I can be a part of something that makes a difference,' one student says after marching to City Hall to push for solutions.
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