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Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins’ Volcanic Past

Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an...

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Reef Damage Could Cost Australia A Million Tourists

Mass coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could cost the region more than a million tourists a year and up...

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Ancient Poo Shows Antarctic Penguins’ Volcanic Past

Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an...

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British DJ Paul Oakenfold Hosts World’s Highest Party On Mount Everest

Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the 'highest party on earth' at...

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British DJ Hosts World’s Highest Party On Everest

Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the "highest party on earth" at...

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Growing Risk of ‘mass’ Starvation Deaths In Africa

The United Nations warned Tuesday that "the risk of mass deaths from starvation ... is growing" among people in...

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British DJ To Perform World’s Highest Gig On Everest

Influential British DJ Paul Oakenfold has reached Mount Everest's base camp where he plans to host the "highest party...

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Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching

Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial...

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‘Zero Recovery’ For Corals In Back-To-Back Australia Bleaching

Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists...

International

California Governor Declares End To Drought Emergency

One of the worst droughts in California history has officially ended, Governor Jerry Brown declared, but not before it...

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California Declares Stubborn Drought Officially Over

California Governor Jerry Brown declared Friday the official end of the state's drought that lasted more than five...

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Drought Shatters Turkana’s Dreams of A Better Future

In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations...

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Evidence of Ancient ‘geological Brexit’ Revealed

The UK has now started the formal process of leaving the EU, but scientists say they have evidence of a much earlier...

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Woman and Children Found Dead In River

A mother and her two children have drowned after their car plunged into floodwaters in Australia. Their bodies were...

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Solo Yachtswoman In Antarctica Bid Hits Trouble

An Australian attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo issued a distress call Tuesday...

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Electro Music Pioneer Plans Dead Sea Show To Defy Trump

Pioneering electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre has said he wants to use an all-night concert at the Dead Sea to...

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US Will Keep Climate Commitments Despite Trump

The former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, said Friday the United States will keep its commitment to reduce...

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Flooding Overwhelms Australian Towns After Cyclone

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns in two Australian states as authorities warned Friday there...

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‘Underwater Wasteland’ Worries After Cyclone Hits Barrier Reef

A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure...