In January, a satellite detected 13 plumes of methane, a potent planet-warming gas, coming from the largest coal mine in Russia.
Tag: Global Warming
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Hunger in Somalia
The drought in the country has a lesson: We know how to ease human suffering. We need to do it.
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Saving a Texan Bayou, ‘16 Bottles’ at a Time
Bayou Dave, a modern-day Sisyphus, has spent the last dozen years ridding a trash-choked Houston waterway of plastic and Styrofoam.
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The Health Effects of Extreme Heat
Researchers are drilling down into the ways life on a hotter planet will tax our bodies, and looking for protections that, unlike air-conditioning, don’t make the problem worse.