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Russian scientists find the first ever giant bird fossils in Europe

A giant bird that used to weigh half a tonne up until 2 million years ago was found by scientists in Crimea.

Climate change and ozone layer holes form feedback loop, reports international panel

"Greenhouse gas emissions trap more heat in the lower atmosphere which leads to a cooling of the upper atmosphere. Those colder temperatures in the upper atmosphere are slowing the recovery of the ozone layer."

Fishermen want to address the problem of marine litter -- and should be involved in cleaning programs

Some encouraging news in a sea of trouble.

Our emissions could melt all the ice in Greenland by the year 3000 -- and raise sea levels by 24 ft

Good thing we didn't call it Iceland, right?!

How High Schools Can Promote Stewardship and Save the Environment

The kids are alright.

Researchers, at long last, develop effective tool to study soil-borne microbes

Surprisingly, it was easier for us to go to the Moon than to develop such a tool.

Arctic ecosystems "highly responsive" to climate change -- and very hard to fix once broken

"Our results show a clear link in the timing of animal recovery and the recovery of Earth systems."

Researchers look into reviving bleached corals using 'non-preferred' algal symbiotes

"We want to know if it's possible that more heat tolerant, non-preferred algae could revive bleached coral communities even if the relationship is less efficient," the authors say.

Groundwater pumping is bleeding the US's rivers dry

We're hoarding all the supply.

How much is a clean beach worth to you?

Putting a price on the environment isn't easy, but it helps in order to save it.

The birth of forests helped drive two massive, ancient extinctions

They did not come in peace.

Researchers develop very powerful but reversible glue -- kind of like snail slime

If it's icky but it works....

Cities from 9,000 years ago had pretty much the same problems as those of today, study finds

"Many of the challenges we have today are the same ones they had in Çatalhöyük — only magnified," say the paper's authors.

The military is the largest emitter in the US Gov't -- in fact, it's the world 55th largest polluter

War isn't clean, it would seem.

Warming climate means more, hotter armed conflicts, paper reports

Things are heating up.

Tesla's new solar roof will cost as much as a shingle roof and electricity bill

Exciting news from Elon Musk.

You're eating a credit card's worth of plastic each week, study says

We each consume about five grams of microplastics each week.

Birds also prefer fancier neighborhoods -- as long as there's enough green space

The "luxury effect" also propagates across animals.

Skinny seals and hungry cod point to trouble in the Baltic Sea

They're running out of food -- and climate change seems to be involved.

Dolphins can form long bonds over shared interests

Yet another testament to how smart and socially advanced dolphins are.

Researchers find salamander-eating plants in Canadian provincial park

Shouldn't it go the other way around?

Old forests are better at dealing with climate change, study finds

Old age doesn't mean 'frail'.

Caught red-handed: emissions from ammonia fertilizer plants were 100 times higher than the industry’s self-reported estimate

This is bad.

Meet the fish that can hold its breath underwater

A deep-sea creature is the first fish that we know of that holds its breath underwater.

Dogs mirror owners' stress levels, new study says

Dogs are deeply empathetic creatures.

New threat looms for snow leopards: infection

As if snow leopards didn't have enough to deal with.

The ocean has much more plastic than we thought

There's more plastic in the deep than there is on the surface.

Honey bee colonies dropped by 16% worldwide in the winter of 2017-18

Out of the 544,879 colonies these beekeepers managed, 89,124 were lost over the winter of 2017-18.

Working landscapes can be used for species conservation alongside economic activities

Forest patches are opportunities to conserve wildlife

Sustainable, edible straws made from wild grass are zero-waste alternative

To make things even better, the straws are also edible.

May 2019 sets new record for highest average atmospheric CO2 levels in history

Please, tell me again how this has nothing to do with emissions.

Humans consume around 100,000 microplastics a year

It's not exactly clear what health effects this plastic has on human health.

Miami dredging caused "extensive coral mortality and critical habitat loss" for the US' only continental reef

It's nothing short of a tragedy.

Researchers make chicken cells resist bird flu by snipping out a tiny bit of their DNA

There's still a long way to go before we have a full chicken, though.

Lobbying against climate action costs billions in expected damage, study says

It's the first study that quantified the effects of lobbying on climate change policy.

Number of fishing vessels doubles while fish stocks crumble

There is fewer fish in the ocean -- and we're sending more ships to catch them than ever.

Sea sponges can act like surveillance cameras for the oceans

Call it underwater CCTV.

Agrochemicals harm bees even at 'safe' levels, and collapse whole colonies

We should bee more concerned about their health.

Invasive flowering species might overpower native ones because of warming climates

We flower in peace!

Genetically modified fungus wipes out 99% of malaria-carrying mosquitoes

A genetically modified organism could help mankind eradicate malaria.

Massive puffin die-off in the Bering Sea likely due to climate change, study reports

Noooo, not the puffins!

The governments of 187 countries agreed to limit international plastic movement -- but the US is not among them

It's good news, with a bad twist.

New method of CO2 capture is cheaper, more effective, and "a key step toward closing the carbon loop"

This process might finally allow for commercially-viable CO2 recycling.

Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows

This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.

Research uncovered new, surprising melting patterns beneath the Ice Ross Shelf

Sometimes, you just have to look at individual trees to understand the forest.

Many of the world's waterways exceed safe levels of antibiotic substances -- by a lot

Basically, this is boot camp for training antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

A hotter Arctic means more extreme weather elsewhere on the globe

This helps us understand how climate change can cause more extreme weather -- both hot and cold.

Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

New law would require all Phillipino students to plant 10 trees to graduate

What do you think about this idea?

Tortoises divorce after 115 years together

A love story comes to an end.

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