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Summer Season Projected to Last Longer

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

A new study predicts that if emissions of greenhouse gases go unchecked, summers in the Northern Hemisphere could last nearly six months by 2100.

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Wild Birds Trained to Pick Up Litter

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

A Dutch company, Crowded Cities, has a device called the CrowBar that trains birds to collect discarded cigarette butts in exchange for food.

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Olio App Prevents Food Waste

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

The smartphone app Olio allows people with extra food to post a picture online. Anyone that wants the food can respond and pick it up as a gift.

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World’s Largest Wildlife Highway Crossing Opens in San Antonio

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM

The Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge connects people with nature in San Antonio across a six-lane highway at Phil Hardberger Park, the largest wildlife crossing of its kind in the U.S.

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Golden-mantled ground squirrel quirrel climbing uphill in Colorado to escape warming temperatures from climate change
Critters React to Warming Temperatures in the Rockies

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM

A study reveals that the popular golden-mantled ground squirrel and 46 other species of rodents and shrews in Colorado are climbing uphill to escape warming temperatures in the state.

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Climate Change Makes Pollen Season Worse for Allergy Sufferers

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM

A study found that pollen seasons have been getting longer and more intense over the last 30 years with an increase in mean annual temperatures being the strongest driver.

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Gas Utilities Knock Electric Appliances

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM ● By Rachael Oppy

As cities phase out the installation of gas lines in new buildings to cut down on methane emissions, gas utilities have been staging adversarial campaigns nationwide.

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Artificial Intelligence Joins Fight Against Marine Litter

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM

MARLIT, an open-access web app based on a deep-learning artificial intelligence algorithm, will promote the detection and measurement of floating plastics in the sea.

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Composting Human Remains is a Reality

Apr 30, 2021 09:30AM

Environmental activist Katrina Spade founded Recompose, the country’s first human composting funeral home, in Seattle, Washington, where composting as a form of human burial is legal.

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Nations Band Together to Preserve One-Third of the Planet

Mar 31, 2021 09:30AM

More than 50 countries have united as the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC 30x30), avowing to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030.

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