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What is El Niño and how could it affect weather this year?
A strong El Niño this year, colloquially dubbed a super El Niño, could lead to extreme weather events — from heavy rainfall to exacerbated droughts. Newsi...
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Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries
If data centers were a country, the country would be projected to rank sixth-highest in power use in 2030. Newsiline summarises this report from PBS NewsH...
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NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll
Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from ac...
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Rescuers seek alternative route to search for remaining 2 people stranded in a flooded Laos cave
The villagers reportedly entered the cave nearly two weeks ago to look for valuable minerals such as gold before being trapped by a flash flood that block...
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Four men rescued from flooded Laos cave as search continues for 2 others
Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days. Newsiline summarises this report fro...
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Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term
As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks a second term, she isn't sidestepping the obvious: her tenure at city hall has been difficult. Newsiline summarises...
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NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate
Scientists analyzed 20 Martian samples collected by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and found that differences in hematite crystallite size at varying elevations c...
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The movie 'Pressure' leans into the drama of high-stakes weather forecasts
The new movie tells a story about how good meteorology can literally win wars. Newsiline summarises this report from NPR News and links readers to the ori...
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Carbon credit program pays small landowners to keep forests standing
Markets to offset carbon emissions are now worth about $2 billion annually, and supporters say they're a key tool to address climate change. Newsiline sum...
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NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather
On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to a su...
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As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Newsiline summarises this report from NPR News and links readers to the original pu...
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How Denmark's wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoil
The European Union's climate commissioner has told the 27-country bloc that the only way out of energy crises fueled by the wars in Iran and Ukraine is ho...
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Putin and Xi hail their friendship and growing energy trade at their meeting in Beijing
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only...
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How one Oregon city has raised a billion dollars for climate change
The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Newsiline summar...
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NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon
With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together,...