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Climate breakdown is hitting the lives and livelihoods of the world’s poor, the Queen has told a meeting of hundreds of Anglican bishops. In a letter to the 650 members of the clergy from across the world, currently meeting for a once-a-decade conference, queen elizabeth warned that “those less able to adapt” were most at …

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Although most rain on Earth falls over the oceans, lightning at sea is rarer than expected—and for decades, scientists were not sure why. A new study published on Tuesday in Nature Communications suggests salt spray could be getting in the way of clouds charging up for a lightning strike. Thick clouds that form overhead during …

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Sprite is trading in its iconic green plastic bottle for a new clear one that is more recyclable. On Wednesday, the Coca-Cola Company released a statement announcing that, starting Aug. 1, the company would be changing its packaging for the lemon-lime soda from green to clear plastic as part of an effort to reduce plastic …

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As the north-west cloud bands drift across the continent, most of the rain will fall on the western side of the Great Dividing Range, a different weather pattern that has caused flooding in Sydney and other regions over the past eight months. loading It may also reach some areas of southern NSW and northern Victoria …

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Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions ballooned big time last year despite the company’s efforts to sell itself as a leader in climate action. Its carbon dioxide emissions grew an eye-popping 18 percent in 2021 compared to 2020, according to its latest sustainability report. Amazon generated 71.54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent last year, about …

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the United States enters the third month of hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring four active tropical waves on Monday in the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans. For the next five days, the NHC does not expect new tropical cyclones to form. However, the …

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The discovery of an extinct panda that roamed the forests and swamps of Europe millions of years ago could reignite debate about whether the ancestors of China’s iconic national animal actually came from Europe. The only evidence of the newly-identified panda species — dubbed Agriarctos nikolovi — are two fossilized teeth found in a lump …

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