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Could taking carbon out of the sea cool down the planet?

Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Getty Images A ground-breaking project to suck carbon out of the sea is now operational on England’s south coast. The small pilot...

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge team studying the...

‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain

The severe storm system that has inundated the central and southeastern United States with heavy rain and high winds for days fits into...

Sick sea lions attacking beachgoers in Southern California

Rj LaMendola found peace while paddling on his surfboard in the water for two decades. However, last month off the coast of Southern California,...

Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests

A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay more than $660m (£507m) in damages to an oil...

Schools and hospitals get £180m solar investment from Great British Energy

The UK government’s new state-owned energy company is allocating £180 million for solar panels in hundreds of schools and hospitals across the country. This...

Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal

The Trump administration’s actions to dismantle international public health safeguards, defund local health departments, and promote health misinformation have experts concerned about a...

The Swedish city fined for missing an environmental target

MaryLou Costa Business reporter Happy Visuals Goteborg Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, is highlighting its environmental credentials by continuing to put its money on the line. Back in...

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease...