By Mark Landler LONDON — As Britain begins hosting a landmark climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the milestones of its own evolution to a more climate-friendly economy are on vivid display along the railroad line from London to Scotland.…
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By Somini Sengupta As presidents and prime ministers arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, for a pivotal climate summit, the outcome will determine, to a large extent, how the world’s 7 billion people will survive on a hotter planet and whether…
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By Sabrina Imbler, Marc Santora and Cora Engelbrecht STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday (6) to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan for their development of a new tool to build molecules, work that has spurred…
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By Raphael Minder LA PALMA - Ten days into a volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma, a pyramid formed Wednesday (29) just off its coast, after the lava flow started pouring into the ocean. Local authorities called on…
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By Catrin Einhorn The ivory-billed woodpecker, which birders have been seeking in the bayous of Arkansas, is gone forever, according to federal officials. So is the Bachman’s warbler, a yellow-breasted songbird that once migrated between…
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ABUJA - UNESCO on Wednesday (15) added 20 new sites in 21 countries to its global network of biosphere reserves, the UN agency's designation for specially protected regions. New biosphere reserves are designated each year to promote…
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WELLINGTON - Scientists say they have successfully "potty trained" cows to urinate in a designated toilet area as part of a program aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions. The team of New Zealand and German researchers admitted the…
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By Malaka Rodrigo  MANNAR — Born in the frozen Arctic tundra, a population of Heuglin’s gull (Larus fuscus heuglini) heads to tropical Sri Lanka every year during the harsh Northern Hemisphere winter. On the Indian Ocean island, they…
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By Kelly MacNamara PARIS - Around a third of all the world's tree species are threatened with extinction, according to a global index published Wednesday (Sept 1), warning that climate change could tip some forests into ecosystem collapse.…
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NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana braced Sunday (29) for Hurricane Ida, a powerful Category 4 storm on course to slam into New Orleans 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern US city. Showers and strong winds…
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