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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Boeing awarded $1B contract for Redesigned Kill Vehicle
Trump calls N. Korea's Kim Jong-Un 'madman with nuclear weapons'
UN vows to tighten sanctions on North Korea
S. Korea tourist numbers hammered by China boycott
China sees 'no reason' not to talk with N. Korea
China's trade with N.Korea falls as pressure mounts
US-Saudi arms mega deal looks to counter Iran
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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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