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Beachgoer stumbles upon record-breaking 3 foot-long dinosaur footprint left over 160 million years ago
The footprint appears to capture the moment a ferocious Megalosaurus-like dinosaur rested or crouch…
Marianne Guenot
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A father is accused by authorities of intentionally driving his Tesla off a notoriously treacherous area known as Devil's Slide. There were at least 30 reported deaths here in a span of 3 decades.
On Monday, four passengers miraculously survived the steep drop after the car careened off the 250-…
Lloyd Lee
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Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida just as the state put historic amounts of money into climate resilience. Now officials have to move faster.
Southwest Florida, where Hurricane Ian caused the most damage, was in the early stages of climate p…
Catherine Boudreau
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Visit these popular tourist traps before they succumb to climate change
Most of these places are severely threatened by rising ocean levels that stand to erase large swath…
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Not just health, tobacco products also degrades ecosystem integrity: WHO report
The global health agency released a comprehensive research report titled “Tobacco: Poisoning our pl…
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The oceans are getting warmer every year – here’s why you should care about it
It is a record that keeps getting broken year after year. And this could have a major impact on …
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Iraq's extreme drought reveals a 3,400-year-old city
A team of archaeologists rushed to the site to excavate and map the city before it, once again, bec…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The hardest question about the Florida condo collapse: Is it worth rebuilding in a city that could be underwater in 30 years?
As Miami real estate prices soar, $26 billion of coastal Florida property is at risk of chronic flo…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Space technology can help countries disproportionately impacted by climate change get the help they need
Space technology provides data that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can use to demonstrate th…
Parisa Hashempour
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3 structural engineers explain why a building like the Surfside, Florida condo might suddenly collapse
A condo in Surfside, Florida collapsed unexpectedly last week. Three structural engineers explained…
Aylin Woodward
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One of California's most famous surf towns is threatened by rising sea levels that could overtake beaches and million-dollar homes
The problem stretches beyond Santa Cruz: The city is located at the top of Monterey Bay, which lose…
Peter Kotecki
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The Netherlands is protecting its coast with an $81 million 'sand motor'
As Yale Environment 360 notes, the idea came from Marcel Stive, chair of coastal engineering at Del…
Leanna Garfield
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Tropical Storm Barry could breach New Orleans' river levees. Here's how the levee system works and how much it can withstand.
Of course, a levee that breaks is far more dangerous than a levee that's too short. In 2005, Hurric…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A group of Torres Strait Islanders filed a landmark complaint with the UN against the Australian government for failing to act on climate change, which they say violates their human rights
The case was lodged with the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva on Monday by eight nat…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Here's the plan to save New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
The Louisiana Gulf Coast and the city of New Orleans are in trouble. Land there is sinking below se…
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Goldman Sachs just released a 34-page analysis of the impact of climate change. And the results are terrifying.
"Despite the uncertainty around the timing and scale of the impact, it may be prudent for some citi…
Yusuf Khan
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Before-And-After Pictures Show How Cape Cod Coast Has Changed In The Last 30 Years
Giese and other researchers have identified a recent cycle of beach development and migration aroun…
NASA Earth Observatory
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West Nile virus infections could become twice as common in the US within 30 years. Here's why disease-carrying insects are spreading.
In addition to nationwide trends in infectious disease transmission, the report looks at some speci…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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A global sand shortage could cause damaging effects to our urban world
Second, governments and international institutions should develop global agreements to regulation s…
Greg Brown
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20 gorgeous natural wonders around the world
From the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, Turkey, made entirely from volcanic erosions, to Africa's Namib …