Global Warming – Page 94

Pumping Groundwater Has Changed Earth’s Spin, Study Finds

Scientists knew the planet’s centerline could move. But it took a sharp turn sometime around the start of the 2000s.

Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors or wear masks, and the popular paths along Lake Michigan were quiet.

Economic growth is often seen as incompatible with conservation. It doesn’t have to be that way, economists say.

Deforestation rates appear “headed in the wrong direction” despite international pledges to halt destruction, according to an annual assessment.

In some of the nation’s most populous areas, hazardous storms can dump significantly more water than previously believed, new calculations show.