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The beginning of the Anthropocene Age: Humans leave indelible mark

The post-industrial impacts that humans have had on the Earth and its atmosphere may pinpoint the ...  
Campbell’s will label GMOs — and the sky will not fall

As debate rages in the U.S. over labelling of GMO's, one major food company has broken ranks with ...  
EPA confirms activists' longtime claims: Neonicotinoid pesticide threatens honeybees

Mike Ludwig from Truthout reports on the United States EPA's admission that neonicotinoid pesti ...  
The bunfight over super intelligence

Some very bright people think that the quest for artificial intelligence could become an existe ...  
Climate of procrastination: The curse of the short attention span

Unless we keep the pressure on our leaders, claims of progress at the Paris Climate Summit will ...  
Follow the money to climate science denial

A Greenpeace investigation uncovers a complex climate science denial machine involving cash from ...  
Possible 2015 carbon emissions decline provides boost for COP21

With atmospheric CO2 at its highest levels in 800,000 years, news of a possible halt in emissions ...  
Planet’s future hangs on Paris COP21 legacy

Scientists warn that any emissions reduction targets agreed at the UN climate summit that opens in ...  
Delhi: A climate change case study

Dangerous air-pollution levels in Delhi illustrate why multifactorial pollution must not be ...  
Global warming may make Brazilian dam disaster much, much worse

Reduced river flows in Brazil, as global warming intensifies the drought there, mean more damage ...  
What next — an inquiry into infrasound from trees, waves and air conditioners?

If the Senate Committee into windfarms is sincere in its concerns about the health effects of ...  
Medical radioactive wastes — the nuclear industry fig leaf

With modern developments in the non-nuclear production of medical isotopes, perhaps it's also time ...  
Australia must double or triple current efforts on climate change according to new report

To limit global warming developed nations need to significantly reduce their reduction efforts and ...  
Bjorn Lomborg's Climate Consensus Project finally bites the dust

The Australian taxpayers' controversial relationship with climate science contrarian Bjorn Lomborg ...  
Tim Flannery: Atmosphere of Hope's bold ideas to mitigate global warming

Global warming: Is there any light down that long dark tunnel? Peter Boyer reviews Tim Flannery's ...  
Climate change threatens Pacific with seesaw sea levels

Scientists say coasts and communities in the Pacific face more extreme weather hazards as climate ...  
Global warning slowdown an illusion — the world is heating up

Rigorous new research provides more proof that the world is continuing to warm and claims of any ...  
July 2015 was officially the hottest month on record. Ever.

July was the hottest month ever recorded, putting 2015 well on track to beat out 2014 for the ...  

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