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In a warmer world, rising sea levels could render many coastlines, beaches, and reef islands uninhabitable, or destroy them altogether. The 1.09℃ Earth has warmed since pre-industrial times has already…
Climate change is throwing Earth’s water cycle severely out of whack. According to new satellite data, freshwaters are growing fresher and salt waters are growing saltier at an increasingly rapid…
As you’ve no doubt noticed, there’s a worryingly large amount of plastic pollution, and scientists are working hard to find ways to use plastic without causing so much long-term damage…
By 2100, we could be heading towards a loss of life in our oceans that rivals some of the largest extinction events in Earth’s history – if we don’t continue…
Tiny parasites could be hitchhiking on microplastics floating in the ocean and then hopping to ocean life. Under laboratory conditions, researchers have shown three common germs – Toxoplasma gondii, Giardia,…
Each year on April 22 Google’s homepage marks the occasion of Earth Day. Most of the time, these interactive logos are a celebration of our planet and its ecosystems, but…