Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions todayheadline

Air-conditioning units, which often use HFC gases, on a building in Shenyang, ChinaVisual China Group via Getty Images Emissions of ...

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Crystal-based cooling could make fridges more sustainable todayheadline

January 2, 2025

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Refrigerators and freezers typically get their cooling power from environmentally harmful fluidsMint Images Limited/Alamy A new type of crystal could ...

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A Year on Planet Earth — Part 3 todayheadline

January 1, 2025

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In this final installment of a three-part series recapping some of the most dramatic and significant events of 2024, I'll ...

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A Year on Planet Earth — Part 1 todayheadline

December 31, 2024

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When I conceived the idea for this column in 2013, I came up with the name "ImaGeo" as a mashup ...

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What the Mysterious Bloop Taught Us About Antarctica todayheadline

December 30, 2024

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Is it a fish? Is it a sea monster? Is it Cthulhu?In 1997, while using underwater microphones to monitor volcanic ...

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Waves pound coasts of Ecuador and Peru, closing ports, killing 2

December 30, 2024

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LIMA, PERU — Big waves of up to four meters are pummeling the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, leaving scores ...

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Snow days set to disappear across much of the US todayheadline

December 27, 2024

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A white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) in the snowAUSLOOS Henry/Hemis/Alamy Days with snow covering the ground are set to become less ...

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New York to charge fossil fuel companies for damage from climate change

December 27, 2024

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of ...

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Is solar geoengineering research having its moment? todayheadline

December 20, 2024

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Particles in ship exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening – some geoengineering projects would try to recreate this effectNASA’s Earth Obervatory ...