Environment
New satellite network to locate and monitor methane super-emitters
April 16, 2021Between 2016 and 2018, using airplane-based instruments, scientists found 600 "super-emitters" were to blame for more than one-third of the state's methane pollution.
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Court deals final blow to Trump era plan to drill in the Atlantic
April 15, 2021"We call on President Biden to keep his promise: a full and complete ban on fracking and fossil fuel extraction on public lands. Full stop."
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Robot finds more warm water beneath Antarctica’s doomsday glacier
April 14, 2021"The good news is that we are now, for the first time, collecting data that will enable us to model the dynamics of Thwaite's glacier."
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Four gray whales wash up dead near San Francisco
April 13, 2021More whales than usual have been washing up dead since 2019.
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Scientists: 4°C would unleash ‘unimaginable amounts of water’ as ice shelves collapse
April 12, 2021A new study is shedding light on just how much ice could be lost around Antarctica if the international community fails to urgently rein in planet-heating emissions.
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