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Rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled since 2005: EU monitor 30 Sep 2024 - 03:39 pm
This underwater photograph taken on August 16, 2023, shows fragments of a melting iceberg due to unusually high temperatures in Scoresby Fjord, Greenland.  Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP
SpaceX docks at ISS to take stranded astronauts home next year 30 Sep 2024 - 10:58 am
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Roscosmos astronauts Aleksandr Gorbunov (L) (Mission Specialist) and NASA astronaut Nick Hague (Mission Commander) of Crew 9 lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 toward the International Space Station (ISS) on September 28, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo by Miguel J. Rodríguez Carrillo / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
Why the moon looks like a potato on NASA’s new eclipse maps 29 Sep 2024 - 10:03 pm
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Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months 27 Sep 2024 - 10:20 pm
Image: NASA
Plane contrails: white fluffy contributors to global warming 26 Sep 2024 - 02:51 pm
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Net-zero pledges growing but integrity lacking: study 23 Sep 2024 - 01:21 pm
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Thousands of fires are burning in the drought-wracked Amazon 22 Sep 2024 - 06:10 pm
Floating houses are seen stranded in Aleixo Lake due to the severe drought in the west of Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil, on September 20, 2024. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP)
Researchers decode oldest human DNA from SAfrica to date 22 Sep 2024 - 04:00 pm
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How plastic pollution poses challenge for Canada marine conservation 20 Sep 2024 - 04:44 pm
Laurence Martel, Plastic Pollution Coordinator of the Blue Organization sorts through trash collected on the shore and in the water of the Saguenay Fjord during the Blue Expedition, in Petit-Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Sebastien ST-JEAN / AFP)
World better positioned against mpox than for Covid: vaccine alliance 19 Sep 2024 - 12:42 pm
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Plastics: navigating the maze of dizzying acronyms 16 Sep 2024 - 04:27 pm
A man walks past plastic bottles on a street in Hanoi on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Environment takes centre stage as global summits loom 16 Sep 2024 - 02:49 pm
This picture taken on September 11, 2023 shows Moon Jellyfish (with rings) and Sting Jellyfish (yellow-orange inside) among a smack of a several thousand swimming off Seglvik, in northern Norway. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)
'Easy, convenient, cheap': how single-use plastic rules the world 16 Sep 2024 - 01:44 pm
Desserts being packed in single-use plastic containers and bags at a traditional Thai dessert shop in Bangkok. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
'Disappeared completely': melting glaciers worry Central Asia 16 Sep 2024 - 11:03 am
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Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk 15 Sep 2024 - 07:06 pm
This handout photo provided by SpaceX and Polaris on September 15, 2024 shows the manned Polaris Dawn mission's
SpaceX makes history with first spacewalks by private citizens 12 Sep 2024 - 04:37 pm
This still image taken from a SpaceX and Polaris broadcast on September 12, 2024, shows US fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman (EV1) peeking out to space from a hatch structure called
SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew set for historic private spacewalk 12 Sep 2024 - 11:01 am
This handout image released by SpaceX on September 10, 2024 shows a view of Earth and the Dragon capsule's Skywalker shortly after the Polaris Dawn crew launched into orbit. (Photo by SPACEX / AFP)
Methane rising faster than other greenhouse gases: researchers 10 Sep 2024 - 11:33 am
(Files) Coal is sorted into piles at a coal yard at the port in Ningbo, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on July 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)