CLIMATE CHANGE | Antarctica ice melts 6 times faster than 40 years ago: study
WASHINGTON -- American and Dutch scientists found that yearly ice mass loss in Antarctica increased sixfold in the past 40...
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ENVIRONMENT | Microfibers from your clothes are polluting the ocean when washed
WASHINGTON -- Scientists say tiny fibers from our clothes are escaping our washing machines and winding up in the water,...
CLIMATE CHANGE | NASA study finds ice loss slows down glacier flow in Asia
WASHINGTON -- A NASA-led study has shown Asia's high mountain glaciers are flowing more slowly in response to widespread ice...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Scientists call for control of global warming
URUMQI, CHINA -- Chinese scientists have called for control of global warming to decrease droughts. A team led by Su...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Scientists warn of less water supply over melting glacier after 2060
BEIJING, CHINA -- Chinese scientists have warned that the melting glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the world's Third...
CLIMATE CHANGE | We have 12 years to curb extensive devastation from global warming- UN Report
Human activities have caused global warming by 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels resulting in damaging typhoons, rising sea levels...
NATURE | Mammals become extinct much faster than they diversify: study
WASHINGTON -- Danish and Swedish researchers said that many mammal species would be extinct during the next five decades but...
ENVIRONMENT | Researchers invent new coating that cools down buildings
WASHINGTON -- Researchers at Columbia University have invented a high-quality polymer coating that can cool down buildings in daytime by...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Number of marine heatwave days roughly doubles between 1982 and 2016: study
NEW YORK -- The number of marine heatwave days has roughly doubled between 1982 and 2016 and will further increase...
SCI-TECH | Scientific body calls for developing ways to recycle lithium-ion battery
CANBERRA -- Australia's peak scientific body has called for the country to take a world-leading role in recycling lithium-ion batteries....