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Carbon released from warming soil will accelerate climate disruption, according to a long-term study

The US Department of the Interior’s new four-year strategic plan calls for maximizing fossil fuel ex

What's your citizen 'trust score'? China moves to rate its 1.3 billion citizens

What’s it like to be an American at the UN climate talks?

The world’s largest candy maker is betting a billion dollars on the planet

Is China really stepping up as the world’s new climate leader?

How does fake news spread?

Twitter ignored warnings about Russian accounts in 2015

Rising CO2 levels threaten global marine life

Melting polar ice poses a serious global risk

The global population of flying insects is crashing dangerously fast

What can fly, swim and dive? This tiny robotic insect.

CAPTCHAs are supposed to separate humans from robots online, but now AI can crack them

These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.

As New Zealand considers a climate migration visa, Pacific Islanders fight to stay

In Myanmar, fake news spread on Facebook stokes ethnic violence

Saudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?

How German 'wood detectives' protect endangered species

There's more CO2 in the atmosphere now than any point in almost a million years

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