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Engineers are diverting Mississippi river to restore Louisiana’s coast

South of New Orleans, a project to divert the Mississippi river could restore ecosystems destroyed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and build new land to protect against sea level rise

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An animation of the primitive Earth in the process of formation, more than four billion years ago. We view the newborn world from its troubled surface a sea of lava dotted with volcanoes spewing more lava, ash and smoke into the atmosphere. Meteorites fall frequently, illuminating the black, lifeless, surface rocks. And in the sky, the Moon -- much closer to us then than it is now -- endures a similar bombardment.

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The Story of Earth's Climate review: 25 discoveries tell tangled tale

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Adult female Calanus with food in the gut

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Sinking plankton poo could help store more carbon in the ocean

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El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year

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Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up

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Melting of ice in Greenland

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Melting of Greenland ice could cause European heat extremes this year

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Thousands of humpback whales starved to death after marine heatwave

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Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

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2RE6RY7 In this image provide by NOAA, the sun shines on coral showing sign of bleaching at Cheeca Rocks off the coast of Islamorada, Fla., on July 23, 2023. Scientists have seen devastating effects from prolonged hot water surrounding Florida ?? coral bleaching and some death. (Andrew Ibarra/NOAA via AP)

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Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs fight global warming

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Making wastewater less acidic could help the ocean capture more carbon

Adding alkaline chemicals to the huge volumes of wastewater discharged into the oceans each year could increase the amount of CO2 that gets sequestered, but the idea has been controversial

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Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early climate concerns

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Climate benefits of planting forests might be overestimated

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How young activists on the climate front line find hope amid crisis

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A container ship just tested a system to capture its own CO2 emissions

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