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Scientists find only 3% of land areas unblemished by humans
Very little of today’s world resembles Planet Earth from 500 years ago. In fact, only about 3% of land surfaces might be ecologically intact — …
read moreCalifornia, NASA partner to launch methane-tracking satellite
California and NASA, with the backing of billionaire Michael Bloomberg, on Thursday unveiled a $100 million effort to pinpoint large emissions of greenhouse gases from …
read moreJapan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea after treatment
Japan plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station, the government said on …
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