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US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer
The US military has launched an effort to determine who may be able to build a truly useful quantum...
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Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh, scientists report
Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal...
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Global breakthrough agreement to tackle shipping emissions
Esme StallardClimate and science reporterCostfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesCountries have agreed a global deal to tackle shipping emissions, after nearly ten years of negotiations.The agreement covers the vast majority of the world's commercial shipping and means that starting in 2028, ship owners...
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Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy
As the federal government moves to eliminate U.S. climate rules, companies still face pressure to be better stewards of the planet from their customers, investors, employees, local communities, lenders, insurers, global trading partners and many...
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Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions
Methane leaks from sites like rice paddies, landfills, dairy farms and coal mines could be plugged with the help...
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E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, according to two...
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‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain
The severe storm system that has inundated the central and southeastern United States with heavy rain and high winds for days fits into a broader pattern in recent decades of increasing rainfall across the eastern half of the United...
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Ray Dalio Says Don’t Make The Mistake Of Thinking What’s Happening Now Is Due To Trump Tariffs
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates and an influential voice among investors, has delivered a sobering message where he states that United States citizens are not just dealing with trade skirmishes but watching the...
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Xavier Le Pichon, Who Modeled Movement of Earth’s Crust, Dies at 87
Xavier Le Pichon, a French geophysicist whose pioneering model of the earth’s tectonic plates helped revolutionize how scientists understand movements of the earth’s crust, died on March 22 at his home in Sisteron, in the south of France. He...
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NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests
In Washington State, April is when millions of young Chinook salmon are released from hatcheries, where they started as tiny, pink globes, to swim downstream and rebuild the salmon population. They are part of an ecosystem that affects tribal,...
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EU enlargement commissioner urges Serbia to push forward reform, says protesting citizens want same
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union's enlargement commissioner on Tuesday urged Serbia's new government to push forward democratic...