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![A water bottle dissolves into microplastics in the ocean]()
![A water bottle dissolves into microplastics in the ocean]()
All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too
Researchers worry that microplastics may be messing with an important carbon sequestration process.
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![Numerous recyclable plastic bottles arranged in a group.]()
![Numerous recyclable plastic bottles arranged in a group.]()
‘We can’t recycle our way out’
From chemical recycling to plant-based alternatives, scientists size up the most promising solutions to plastic pollution.
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![An oil slick turns an ocean and beach brown]()
![An oil slick turns an ocean and beach brown]()
Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills
Cars and highways are among the top contributors to ocean oil pollution, study finds.
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![People walking over a flooded road]()
Is climate change to blame for the Pakistan floods? Here’s what we know.
New research finds it intensified rains by 50 percent but was hardly the only factor.
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![Illustration of glass of milk surrounded by green blobs, resembling cow print]()
![Illustration of glass of milk surrounded by green blobs, resembling cow print]()
Milking microbes instead of udders
Moooove over, cows. Precision fermentation creates the same proteins found in milk, leading to cheese, ice cream, and other treats that are indistinguishable from their conventional counterparts.
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![an ice sheet melting that looks like a waterfall]()
![an ice sheet melting that looks like a waterfall]()
The world may have already crossed 5 climate tipping points
A new study finds that 1.5 degrees of warming would cause irreversible changes.
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Study: Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ could retreat faster than expected
“Thwaites is really holding on today by its fingernails, and we should expect to see big changes over small timescales.”
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![A corn field.]()
![A corn field.]()
The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers
Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help.
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![A withered and dried up field of maize plants under drought]()
![A withered and dried up field of maize plants under drought]()
The most influential calculation in US climate policy is way off, study finds
Carbon emissions cost society at least three times more than the government's official estimate.
