India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone
Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit India's western Gujarat state in more than two decades, packed sustained winds of up to 130 miles per hour when it came ashore late Monday.The Indian...
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Israel-Hamas hostilities continue into 10th day
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Israel-HamasAs pressure grows to negotiate an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Palestinians in...
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The Galápagos Islands needs tourism. Can herd immunity revive it?
As a guide on the Galápagos Islands, Javier Cando used to spend his days taking visitors through windy trails teeming with iguanas, sea lions and blue-footed boobies.But tourism on the islands...
View ArticleImagining Gaia, the Earth, as 'one great, living organism'
Over 50 years ago, scientist James Lovelock hit upon the idea that Earth is a complex, self-regulating organism. At the suggestion of a friend, novelist William Golding, he called his idea the Gaia...
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Israel and Hamas begin ceasefire
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Israel-HamasIsrael and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire that went into effect at 2 a.m. local time, ending 11...
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Earth's shadow creeps across moon ahead of super blood moon
Earth's shadow crept across the moon as people in New Zealand and around the world waited for a cosmic event known as a super blood moon.As the eclipse deepened, it appeared as though half the moon had...
View ArticleFossil fuels cause 1 in 5 premature deaths worldwide, study says
A new report finds that ultra-fine particulate matter emitted from fossil fuel combustion is responsible for 1 in 5 premature deaths worldwide, including more than 300,000 deaths a year in the United...
View ArticleThousands evacuate Congo's Goma amid renewed volcano threat
A new volcanic eruption from Mount Nyiragongo is feared in the city of Goma in eastern Congo sending tens of thousands of people fleeing. The volcano spewed lava near the city last week.Traffic was...
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The Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is a bright spot for restoration
In the years that Ricardo Gomes César has worked in the Atlantic Forest, he’s seen the full transformation of landscapes from pastures to biodiverse rainforests.“If this was a TV show, I would show you...
View ArticleNew research can 'fingerprint' a city's ecosystem to better understand the...
People have ecosystems within their bodies consisting of tiny microbes that are unique to them, individually. Similarly, metro and subway transit systems within cities have their own ecosystems, too,...
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Kenya launches its first-ever national census for wildlife
In a normal year, more than 2 million tourists visit Kenya, often for its diverse wildlife.One of the country’s most popular destinations is Amboseli National Park, which spans more than 150 square...
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Sri Lanka faces an environmental disaster
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Sri Lanka environmental disasterSri Lanka is facing an environmental disaster after the Singapore-registered...
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Plague of ravenous, destructive mice tormenting Australians
At night, the floors of sheds vanish beneath carpets of scampering mice. Ceilings come alive with the sounds of scratching. One family blamed mice chewing electrical wires for their house burning...
View ArticlePeople overlook power of subtraction, says engineer
When figuring out how to tackle a problem, our instincts are almost always to add: We make "to-do," not "to-don’t," lists after all. But just because humans have a harder time seeing subtraction as a...
View ArticleClimate activists get more strategic with their use of the courts
A federal court in the Netherlands ruled last week that the oil and gas company Shell failed to respect human rights, by contributing to global warming — making legal history.Related: Fossil fuels...
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El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender
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View ArticleHave you seen the Brood X cicadas?
Brood X is here at last.Trillions of cicadas, underground for the last 17 years, are burrowing up through the soil and emerging in numerous eastern and midwestern states to transform, sing, and mate....
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Contentious Keystone XL pipeline project canceled
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Keystone XL pipelineCanadian company TC Energy, the sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, has...
View ArticleLuxembourg takes the lead on climate finance
Luxembourg — the small country nestled between Belgium, France and Germany — is making big changes to center itself as a global leader in green finance. While it’s smaller than Rhode Island and has...
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Seed keepers in Turkey revive old farming methods to confront new climate...
Huseyin Kara introduces each crop on his farm in southern Turkey with the pride of a new grandfather. Three types of okra, beans and tomatoes grow happily from the dry, crusty earth. In a nearby...
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