A plan to share the carbon budget burden
Climate change is an issue of urgent international importance, but for 20 years, the international community has been unable to agree on a coordinated way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In a "P ... more
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Palmer amaranth threatens Midwest farm economy
An invasive weed that has put some southern cotton farmers out of business is now finding its way across the Midwest - and many corn and soybean growers don't yet appreciate the threat, University o ... more
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China 2015 military drills to focus on 'winning local wars'
India to Test Nuclear-Capable Agni-5 Missile on January 31
Signs N. Korea restarting nuclear reactor: US think-tank
US Senate panel advances Iran sanctions bill
Survivors accuse Shiite militia of Iraq village massacre
US Nuclear Scientist Jailed for Five Years Over Bomb-Making Plot
Iraqi artist aims kick at IS jihadists
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From today, the Earth is around 60 million years older -- and so is the moon
Work presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Sacramento, California shows that the timing of the giant impact between Earth's ancestor and a planet-sized body occurred around 40 mill ... more
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Famine fear won't sway minds on GM crops
A sack-hauling time traveler from the 21st century lands in an Irish potato field in 1849, just before a terrible famine, and asks: If you thought genetically modified potatoes could avert late blig ... more
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Climate change causes winners and losers in penguins
Penguin species in the Antarctic that once benefited from rising temperatures are now in decline due to warming gone too far, scientists said Thursday. ... more
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EU to allow states to decide to grow GM foods
The European Union will allow member countries to make their own decisions on growing genetically modified (GM) food in a compromise deal on Thursday that followed years of fraught discussions. ... more
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Australia says pollution falling at Great Barrier Reef
Australia on Thursday said it was confident the Great Barrier Reef would avoid a World Heritage downgrade after a new report card showed pollutants entering the water had been significantly reduced. ... more
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