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How CEOs, experts and philosophers see the world's biggest risks differently
We live in a world threatened by numerous existential risks that no country or organization can resolve alone, such as climate change, extreme weather and the coronavirus.But in order to adequately...
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A common fertilizer can cause explosions. Uneven regulation puts people at risk.
This story is part of a series by the Center for Public Integrity, Grist and The World about how our overuse of fertilizer harms the climate and endangers the public.The blast sent Robby Payne into a...
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We’re not fixing this environmental crisis. Could one ditch show us the way?
This story is part of a series by the Center for Public Integrity, Grist and The World about how our overuse of fertilizer harms the climate and endangers the public.If you want to clean up the largest...
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After coal: A new book and documentary chronicle ‘stories of survival in...
Coal-producing regions in both the United States and the United Kingdom have been hit hard economically as coal production has dropped, leaving miners out of work and their communities with shrunken...
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Killing of environmental activists has become 'norm' in Mexico, activist says
Mexican authorities are investigating the death of an employee of one of Mexico's largest butterfly reserves. Raúl Hernández Romero was the second person connected to the reserve found dead in less...
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The 'edge of the earth': How Chinese tourism is changing one Russian Arctic...
Zhang Yuan Yuan, a 29-year-old doctor from Beijing, wanted to hit all the top spots on her trip to Russia. She and her husband would spend three days in Moscow, three days in Saint Petersburg and then...
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Norway's vanishing winter
In Norway, a land nearly synonymous with cold and snow, winter is changing rapidly, with consequences for both its people and its wildlife.Oslo, the country’s capital, is experiencing 21 fewer winter...
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Climate change will make animal-borne diseases more challenging to predict
Most of the new diseases we humans have faced in the past several decades have come from animals.HIV. Avian flu. Ebola. SARS. And now the new coronavirus, which scientists say likely came from an...
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Rapid genomic sequencing of coronavirus can help stop its spread
Highly infectious viruses can spread across the world quickly, but our ability to sequence their genome and get a clear diagnosis has historically lagged behind, sometimes taking years. But that’s no...
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For the first time, a climate journalist will moderate a presidential debate
For the first time, the environment rivals the economy as the top voter issue in the US, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Even so, environmental concerns are not racking up many...
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Reviving traditional fire knowledge in Australia: 'Fire is something we live...
When 22-year-old Christopher “Burra” McHughes asked his grandfather about traditional fire management known as "cultural burning"— setting small fires on purpose— he said he doesn’t like to talk about...
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‘More waste, better taste’: This Garbage Café offers food in exchange for...
"The more the waste, the better the taste." That's the motto of a café in India. Not just any café. The Garbage Café. Here's the concept: Bring in a kilogram of plastic trash — about two pounds worth —...
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UN asylum case opens the door to protections for climate refugees
The United Nations (UN) does not formally recognize climate change refugees, but that position is beginning to shift, following a case brought to the UN by an asylum seeker from Kiribati, an island in...
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‘I am a hostage of the north’: Trapped in a post-Gulag Arctic city
Lyudmila Ivanova and her fiance came to the Arctic from a village in southern Russia in 1978 in search of a better life. Their destination was Vorkuta, a coal-mining city 90 miles north of the Arctic...
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America’s shale gas ‘revolution’ has led to exports that span the globe — and...
At the busy Port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, large oceangoing vessels carry new cars from Japanese factories to a global market. But one product the Japanese have always had to import is energy, and it’s...
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We’re launching a new climate change solutions segment. Here’s why.
Climate change is having a moment. It has propelled a generation of young activists into near-celebrity status; has played a bigger-than-ever role in the 2020 US election cycle; and has increasingly...
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‘Ghost’ flights dwindle, but coronavirus a ‘massive catastrophe’ for airlines
Airlines on Thursday appealed for urgent government financial support as transatlantic carriers rushed to cut flights in the wake of new US travel restrictions on Europeans aimed at combating the novel...
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Europe, Africa cut off travel in desperate attempt to slow COVID-19; Cramped...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.In increasing efforts to slow COVID-19, European Union countries are starting to harden Schengen Zone...
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China announces a new ban on single-use plastics
China produces the most single-use plastic of any country in the world and the largest landfill in China is full — 25 years ahead of schedule. Plastic waste is finding its way into China’s waterways,...
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How a small Caribbean island nation is trying to become climate resilient
Dominica’s ambition in the age of climate change outstrips its small size. The nation, roughly the size of Austin, Texas, sits on the string of Caribbean islands stretching from Puerto Rico toward...
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